Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • History Revealed

    THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH....

    Oct 29, 2020 2 minutes

    EGYPTIAN NECROPOLIS YIELDS IMPRESSIVE TREASURES

    Hidden for 2,500 years, 59 sarcophagi have been uncovered in the Egyptian necropolis at Saqqara, south of Cairo. For more than 3,000 years, Saqqara was used as a burial ground for the inhabitants of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis. The 59 sarcophagi were found in wells, and

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from History Revealed

    History Revealed8 min read
    Ancient World
    Boudica, the celebrated queen of the Iceni tribe who lived in what is now Norfolk, spearheaded a revolt against Britain’s Roman occupiers around AD 60. Her initial campaigns were successful, resulting in the devastation of London, Colchester and St A
    History Revealed1 min read
    Did You Know?
    Perhaps the oldest surviving tombstone epitaph written in English is thought to be one in Stow Minster, Lincolnshire. It is for Emma Fulk, who died c1300, and reads: Alle men that bere lif / prai for Emma was Fulk wif. Alexander the Great was not a m
    History Revealed1 min read
    Did You Know?
    Louis Washkansky, a 53-year-old South African grocer, was the first recipient of a human-to-human heart transplant in 1967. The operation was a success, but he died 18 days later from pneumonia. From the 17th to the 19th century, a medicine called bl

    Related Books & Audiobooks