Recent archaeological discoveries at the ancient site of Tombos in northern Sudan have unveiled skeletons that defy long-held beliefs about pyramid burials. Traditionally, it has been assumed that ...

Implications for Ancient Egyptian Culture The presence of these skeletal remains alongside those of the noble classes suggests a possible belief system among the ancient Egyptians in which all ...

Tombos became an important center after the Egyptian conquest of Nubia around 1500 BCE, during the reign of Thutmose I, who ruled about 170 years before Tutankhamun. Ruins of at least five clay ...

UK Egyptologist Aidan Dodson suggested that the high-activity individuals could have been nobles who exercised ... by the time “Tombos was under ancient Egyptian control.” ...

The ancient Egyptians built massive public monuments to their pharaohs. But they also spent time and treasure creating hidden underground mausoleums. The most famed collection of such elaborate ...