Egyptian embalming is thought to have started in the Predynastic Period or even earlier, ... or cedar; various resins, including some from Pistacia trees; and animal fats, beeswax, and plant oils.

Occupying an area of 9.8 feddans, the project aims to restore the garden’s heritage elements by safeguarding its ancient trees and Al-Tabba Area, renovating the ‘Crown Summit’ pergola, the historical ...

“Five hundred trees would have been a lot, but we have evidence from papyri and archaeology for the large-scale cultivation of plants—vines, fruits, trees—in Ptolemaic Egypt.” Researchers ...

A large ancient Egyptian fortress in the northern Sinai Desert had an elaborate landscape of 500 trees leading to its entrance more than 2,000 years ago, new excavations reveal.