Mummies! (Of Usurpers, Head Wounds, & Old Dudes)

I’m pretty much up to my eyeballs in ancient Egypt right now so I thought I’d post about my favorite Egyptian mummies, some of whom are familiar, and others not so much. (Also, I showed these to my six-year-old daughter. I think it says something that she...

Hatshepsut’s Temple at Deir el-Bahri

I was planning to post last night about my favorite books from 2012, but then a nasty cold bug tried to take me down. Today was an ice day (no school!) so I figured some procrastinating work on my latest revision desk organization was in order. Guess what I found?! A...

New Pyramids Discovered in Egypt!

Egypt is one giant playground for archaeologists–there’s so much stuff hidden they’ll likely still be digging there when places like Las Vegas and Disneyland are being excavated. (Which would be totally cool, by the way).Today, ABC News announced a...