A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

Jewelry in Ancient Egypt: In ancient Egypt ... featuring motifs like the ankh, scarabs, and the eye of Horus. Gold was abundant in Egypt, and its lustrous appeal symbolized eternal life.

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week it had successfully recovered a rare trove of smuggled ...

Languages: English, Spanish Several mummies with gold tongues have been discovered during excavations at an ancient necropolis in Egypt. Researchers with an Egyptian archaeological mission found ...

The artifacts—including golden rings, ornaments, beads and a small statue depicting three ancient Egyptian gods—date back to ancient Egypt’s 26th Dynasty, which lasted from 664 to 525 B.C.E ...

It was also the oldest mummy wrapped in gold leaf ever found in the country, he added. While the ancient Egyptian at the bottom of the deep shaft was no pharaoh, the elaborate sendoff to the ...

Twelve severed hands found buried at an ancient Egyptian palace were likely cut from enemies and exchanged for gold in a ceremony known as "gold of honor," a new study finds. When you purchase ...