It is well known that the famed bust of Nefertiti, housed at Berlin’s Neues Museum, was discovered a century ago by German archaeologist Ludwig Borchardt. What is not well known is that his expedition to Egypt was financed by Jewish philanthropist and archaeology enthusiast James Simon. The story of his role in the discovery of […]

Italian archaeologists from Salento-Litchi University discovered a pair of seated lion statues  at the entrance of the Soknopaios Temple in the ancient town of Dimeh Al-Siba in Egypt’s Fayoum. Carved from limestone, the statues suggest that the small-town temple, which was dedicated to the crocodile god, resembled worship spaces in larger cities. “It is also […]