“An ongoing excavation in Damietta, Egypt, has uncovered 63 tombs from more than 2,500 years ago, alongside a trove of gold artifacts, coins and pottery.”

“During a diving expedition in the Nile River, archaeologists in Egypt discovered rock carvings featuring depictions of several ancient Egyptian pharaohs, along with hieroglyphic inscriptions.”

A new theory proposes that the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids using “a hydraulic lift device that would have floated the heavy stones up through the middle of Egypt’s oldest pyramid using stored water.”

“Scientists have used state of the art 3D imaging technology to piece together the life—and probable death—of a 2.2 meter-long crocodile mummified by the ancient Egyptians.”

Smithsonian Magazine has a feature story on the ancient Egyptian port of Berenike and the latest discoveries.

Women have played an important but largely unrecognized role in Egyptology, writes Kathleen Sheppard. She has written an article for the BBC, looking at three female travelers who visited Egypt in the 1800s.

Twenty-six years after first retiring, Egyptologist Donald Redford has retired again.

Konstantinos Politis writes about Ghor al-Safi, the location of biblical Zoar.

A new Mesopotamian board game called Akkad is now raising support on Kickstarter.

You can play the Royal Game of Ur online.

Various theories have been proposed to identify a creature depicted on the staircase at Persepolis.

Bryan Windle is on Digging for Truth to discuss the archaeological evidence for Belshazzar.

BiblePlaces.com has created photo collections for Egypt, Jordan, and Persia (but not Mesopotamia). We do have a Photo Companion volume for Daniel, which includes both Babylonian and Persian material.

HT: Agade, Gordon Franz, Arne Halbakken, Ted Weis, Steven Anderson, Gordon Dickson, Mark V. Hoffman