Sep 25, 2025
By Laura Ranieri Roy Here’s a story that might sound like a Hollywood script. A glittering jewel, a cunning inside job, and a vanishing treasure. Think The Pink Panther, To Catch a Thief, or Ocean’s 8. But this one is real—and it played out not on the silver screen,...
Sep 23, 2025
by Laura Ranieri Roy They say that those who burn bright and live powerful but short lives are like blue giants — luminous, burning-hot stars that ignite the sky yet collapse under their own weight far sooner than lesser stars. Many of us have known extraordinary...
Sep 4, 2025
By Laura Ranieri Roy, Egyptologist Modern Egyptians, like many of us, have a serious sweet tooth. But did you know the ancients did too? 3,500 years ago, of course, there was no refined sugar to rot their teeth—just sand to wear them down. But luscious cakes and...
Jul 21, 2025
Rituals, Renewals and Revelry Along the Nile by Laura Ranieri Roy Think of kicking up your heels, sipping copious amounts of beer, indulging in heavy carbs, and dancing the night away as a modern phenomenon? Well, think again! The ancient Egyptians were well ahead of...
May 28, 2025
In September 1822, something extraordinary happened. A young French scholar named Jean-François Champollion burst into his brother’s office in Paris, exclaimed, “Je tiens mon affaire!” (I’ve got it), and promptly fainted from the shock. He wouldn’t fully recover for...
May 1, 2025
Part 1 in the new series: Business Lessons from Egypt’s Pharaohs. In a world obsessed with branding, few did it better—3,000 years ago—than Ramses the Great. Just ask Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, a modern-day codebreaker of ancient messages. This Egyptologist and... 
