The 2009 field season produced 10 dogs, a baby hippo, a hartebeest, a cow and calf, and an elephant. The tally for this Predynastic period zoo now stands at 112 critters, including 2 …

May 23, 2022 · The tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Sahure, who died around 2500 B.C., includes realistic images of Syrian bears wearing collars and leashes. It’s thought they had been …

Oct 16, 2022 · According to the Smithsonian Channel documentary "Secrets: Monsters of the Pharaohs," archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery, as archaeologist Renee …

Nov 12, 2015 · It began around 4000 B.C.E. Over the course of 500 years, it grew to be one of the largest, most bustling cities in Predynastic Egypt, thriving long before the country was …

Mar 2, 2022 · An ancient zoo was discovered by archeologists in a prehistoric animal cemetery considered the first found in ancient Egypt's annals. A variety of discoveries have attracted …

Under the rule of Hatshepsut, the only Egyptian female pharaoh, ambitious and famous expeditions took place to the Land of Punt, in present-day Somalia, between 1510 and 1490 …

May 25, 2015 · The animals were found in the ancient cemetery of Hierakonpolis, a town that thrived long before Egypt became a united kingdom ruled by pharaohs. Excavations have …

Apr 9, 2012 · Pharaoh’s zoo is a plot element I hope to work into a future Tale of the Nile. Set in a paranormal, alternate version of 1500BC Egypt, my stories have a relatively young Pharoah, …

Giza Zoo, in-built 1891, which was once called, the assets of the zoos in Africa, considering it the primary and most prestigious zoos within the African continent, ordered to be established by …

Feb 28, 2020 · Who’s Who in the Pharaoh Zoo. If it weren’t for king-lists, very little would be known about the chronology of the pharaohs. The most famous one was compiled by …