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Published February 11, 2018
Published February 11, 2018
Published February 11, 2018
Archaeologists - both professional and amateur - always want to find something outstanding. And not less than the findings of Schliemann and Carter. That person was William Phipps. At the end of the 17th century, Phipps found the treasures of the sunken Spanish galleon, which are now known as the Phipps treasures. The history of searching and raising from the bottom of the Phipps treasure is what we want to describe in this article...
Published February 11, 2018
The disintegration of the Sumerian state led to the fact that the political center of Mesopotamia slowly but surely began to move up the Euphrates and established itself in a small city. It was named - Babylon. The growth and enrichment of the city was greatly facilitated by its favorable position at the intersection of trade routes...
Published February 11, 2018
Penetration into the history of Ancient Egypt for a long time hampered the barrier of Egyptian writing. Scientists have long tried to read the letter of the ancient Egyptians. But in 1790 a man came to our world, Jean Francois Champollion (1790-1832) - a brilliant French linguist who deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics. The certificate of one of his teachers is preserved, that even at a young age, Champollion vowed to decipher the Egyptian hieroglyphics...
Published February 11, 2018
Auguste Mariette and Egypt - are inextricably linked in the Egyptology of the 19th century. Even in his youth, carried away by the works of Champollion, Mariette seriously "fell ill" with Egypt. In 1850 Mariette went to Egypt in search of ancient Coptic manuscripts. In late October 1850, he began at his own risk and excavation in the Sakkar Necropolis...
Published February 11, 2018
To the beginning of the reign of Djoser, the first pharaoh of the third dynasty, the invention of masonry concerns. According to tradition, the honor of this great discovery belongs to Imhotep, the chief architect of Pharaoh Djoser. Be that as it may, it is the pyramid of Djoser that is today considered to be the oldest stone structure on Earth...