Ancient Egypt was a civilisation that refused to disappear. Its temples, tombs, inscriptions, mummies, artefacts and monuments continue to reveal stories thousands of years after the people who created them were gone.
Egyptian Secrets exists to tell those stories accurately.
What we publish
We write long-form, research-led articles about ancient Egyptian history, archaeology, religion, and daily life. Our subjects range from the practical — how the pyramids were built, how mummification actually worked, how the state counted its population — to the cultural and religious world that shaped them.
Every article is written to answer a real question properly, with enough depth to be useful and enough honesty to say when the evidence runs out.
How we work
Ancient Egypt attracts more confident nonsense than almost any subject in history. Lost civilisations, alien builders, secret chambers under the Sphinx — the internet is full of it, and much of it is presented as fact.
We take the opposite approach. Our articles are built from published Egyptological scholarship, museum collections, excavation reports, and peer-reviewed research. Where scholars disagree, we say so. Where a question is unresolved — and many are — we say that too, rather than inventing an answer.
We link to our sources so readers can check them. Full details of our sourcing standards, review process and corrections policy are set out in our Editorial & Fact-Checking Policy.
Who writes this
Egyptian Secrets is an independent publication. It is not affiliated with any museum, university, government body, or tour operator, and no organisation pays for or approves our coverage.
We are not practising Egyptologists, and we do not claim to be. What we do is read the specialist literature carefully, represent it accurately, and translate it into something a general reader can follow — while pointing clearly back to the researchers who did the original work.
What we won’t do
- Present speculation as established fact
- Repeat pseudo-archaeological claims without challenging them
- Fabricate quotes, statistics, or sources
- Publish sponsored content disguised as editorial
How the site is funded
Egyptian Secrets is free to read. Running costs are covered by advertising displayed alongside our articles. Advertisers have no influence over what we publish or how we cover a subject, and we do not accept payment for coverage.
Details of the data collected when you visit are set out in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy.
Corrections and contact
If you spot an error, we want to know. Egyptology moves, and articles that were accurate when published can be overtaken by new excavation or new analysis. We correct mistakes openly rather than quietly.
Corrections, questions, and suggestions are all welcome through our contact page.