By Laura Ranieri Roy, In the 1990s, archaeologists working in the arid hills of southeastern Turkey made a discovery that would shake the foundations of our understanding of civilization. Near the city of Şanlıurfa, on a remote limestone plateau known as Göbekli Tepe...
By Laura Ranieri Roy Could an Undisturbed Tomb of an Egyptian King Finally Be Found? Could the untouched tomb of a great Egyptian king, complete with treasures and an intact mummy, finally be uncovered? Could Thutmose II—the sickly husband of Hatshepsut and father of...
By Laura Ranieri Roy This past August, I was invited to be an Egypt expert on a new Fox Nation documentary, Tales of Terror: Curse of King Tut. This series, premiering on Fox Nation Thursday, October 31, 2024, explores one of history’s most haunting mysteries—the...
By Laura Ranieri Roy Stunning tombs and temples, villages untouched by time, and Akhenaten’s lost city Maybe you’ve been to Egypt before. Maybe not. Perhaps your dream is to stand before the Giza Pyramids and walk through the Valley of the Kings, enter the famous tomb...
By Laura Ranieri Roy (All photos except one noted. c. Laura Ranieri Roy) It was ten years ago last February that I escaped wintry Toronto and flew to Egypt – to lend an ‘amateur’ hand to the new excavation and restoration project at Akhenaten’s...
Newly Opened Tombs in Luxor By Laura Ranieri Roy By guest contributor, Egyptologist and photographer Sharon Davidson These two richly decorated tombs were opened in September 2019, but due to COVID I was only able to visit them recently. The ticket was originally...
