Skeletal analysis at Tombos, an ancient Egyptian colonial settlement in Nubia, reveals a more complex labor and social hierarchy than previously understood. Researchers from Leiden University ...

However, some burials found at the archaeological site of Tombos in Sudan show that this was not the case. Poor physical laborers could have been buried there as well, according to a new analysis.

She worked for over a decade at the Tombos excavation site in South Sudan where archaeologists discovered at least five mud-brick pyramids containing pottery along with the aforementioned human ...

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been just for the rich, according to burials found at the archaeological site of Tombos in Sudan. "Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs ...

This is when Egyptians colonized the area in about 1500 B.C. to gain access to trade routes on the Nile River. “Tombos is a colonial cemetery that is related to a town that was built during the New ...

But the skeletons discovered at Tombos had signs of strenuous physical activity. This suggests they did not live the life of a rich and privileged royal. Instead, they were 'low-status ...

An ancient horse burial at Tombos along the Nile River Valley shows that a member of the horse family thousands of years ago was more important to the culture than previously thought, which provides a ...

A granite statue located in Tombos, an ancient Egyptian outpost in present-day Sudan Sue Fleckney via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 Historians have long assumed that ancient Egyptian ...

Tombos is located at the third cataract of the Nile River in Sudan. In ancient times, this area was known as Nubia or Kush. Following the Egyptians' takeover of the region around 1400 B.C., they ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that ancient Egyptian pyramids were reserved for the richest members of society – but an analysis of burials at a site called Tombos suggests low-status workers ...