An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities uncovered a new and complete version of King Ptolemy III’s Canopus Decree, one of the most significant royal texts from the ...

Unlike earlier trilingual copies, the 1.27 metre 238 BC slab is inscribed solely in hieroglyphs, promising new insights into Ptolemaic rule and calendar reforms. Archaeologists working in Egypt’s ...

The Decree of Canopus was issued in 238 B.C.E. by the entire Egyptian priesthood. The inscription records the great assembly of priests that gathered in Canopus in 238 B.C.E. Photo: courtesy the ...

Archaeologists working in northern Egypt uncovered a tablet rivaling the Rosetta Stone in its importance to decoding ancient language. Trnava University via Unsplash When Napoleon’s army accidentally ...

Upper part of the stele discovered with the monolingual inscription of the Canopus decree. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt In a discovery described as transcendental, an Egyptian ...

Egypt has uncovered the 2,000-year-old remnants of Canopus, a sunken city off the coast of Alexandria, including buildings, an ancient dock, and monumental statues. Prior to the establishment of ...

Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been larger than thought. By Jenny Gross Remnants of an ancient, sunken ...

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Archaeologists just recovered a collection of 2,000-year-old relics from the Mediterranean Sea, including Roman coins and a headless statue. The artifacts date back to the Ptolemaic dynasty—a powerful ...