Archaeologists have made a breathtaking find at Saqqara that is transforming the study of artistic traditions in ancient Egypt. A 2021 discovery at Gisr el-Mudir, a limestone statue, shows a nobleman and his family presented in a form that combines traditional three-dimensional carving with groundbreaking relief work, an approach previously unknown in Old Kingdom sculpture. […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
Archaeologists at Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis have uncovered mollusc shells that shed light on aspects of life in ancient Egypt, from everyday existence to religious rituals. The discovery comes from the Saqqara West mission, a project led by Polish archaeologists that has been conducting excavations since the late 1980s. Saqqara, about 30 to 40 kilometers south […]| Archaeology News Online Magazine
An artifact refers to any object that has been created, modified, or used by humans. It is the basic "unit" of archaeological analysis.| ArchaeologyNews Online Magazine