May 25, 2022
By Laura Ranieri Roy It was my extreme pleasure this May (though the displeasure of my feet, which trod more than 4 hours through this massive complex) to visit the great Vatican Museum in the Vatican City, Rome. What an embarrassment of riches it holds...
Jan 21, 2022
Two wonderful secrets from my many visits by Laura Ranieri Roy I love Cairo. It invigorates me. It awakens all my senses – the blast of car horns and Muezzin’s call to prayer over tinny loudspeakers. The soaring, spiraling 10,000 and more minarets that pierce...
Jan 13, 2022
A Dead Civilization Lives Again – as Archaeologists Resurrect and Vivify The Past By Laura Ranieri-Roy Magnificent pageantry, celebrations, mummies, some with golden tongues – another with a fetus inside her. 2021 was a resplendent year for Egypt. If 2019 and 2020...
Jan 3, 2022
’tis the season to sow seeds for 2022 by Laura Ranieri Roy Warmest wishes this holiday season. A special heartfelt thank you for making 2021 very special for us at Ancient Egypt Alive. It has been so wonderful meeting many of you virtually during our learning...
Dec 24, 2021
by Laura Ranieri The ancient Egyptians may not have sent rockets into orbit like Musk, but they certainly pierced the sky with enduring wonders in stone. What name comes to mind when you think of the pyramids? Perhaps Khufu (Cheops) builder of the Great Pyramid? What...
Dec 9, 2021
By Laura Ranieri Roy A lot of people assume Egypt’s great Valley of the Kings is an exclusive old boys club. Or “old dead Pharaoh’s club”, shall we say. The truth may surprise you. The royal burial ground of the ancient Egyptians for 500 years during the New Kingdom...
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