Göbekli Tepe and Ancient Egypt: Striking Connections Across Time

    Göbekli Tepe and Ancient Egypt: Striking Connections Across Time

    Jun 12, 2025

    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...
    The Curse of Tutankhamun: A Terrifying Tale – But Was it Real?

    The Curse of Tutankhamun: A Terrifying Tale – But Was it Real?

    Nov 1, 2024

    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...
    Why You Must Travel to Middle Egypt

    Why You Must Travel to Middle Egypt

    Aug 5, 2024

    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...
    Newly Opened Tombs in Luxor

    Newly Opened Tombs in Luxor

    Aug 17, 2023

    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...