The ancient Egyptian folding stool, which dates from the Middle Kingdom, had a practical, light seat attached on two sides, was easily portable, and therefore in general use. The model for my project ...

Actually the real completion was when I sat on the stool for the first time to discover, to my joy, that it was weight bearing and therefore functional. Folding chair at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

the ancient Egyptians went to the toilet. Of course they did. But they didn't have flushing toilets, and toilet paper and all that. DR JOANN FLETCHER:'This unusual stool with a hole in it was ...

Archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor, Egyptian authorities said. The discovery included a trove of ...