FOUND: Deir el-Medina, Egypt. The world’s oldest known geological map is a nine-foot-long papyrus from the Egyptian village of Deir el-Medina, home to the New Kingdom craftsmen who worked in the ...

South of Egypt, the Nile meanders through a vast desert landscape: the ancient region of Nubia ... Egypt’s southern border. During the New Kingdom (ca 1539–1075 B.C.), the first pharaohs ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom ... These were built during Egypt’s New Kingdom period (1539-1075 B.C ...