The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

The jewellery collection consisted of rings made of gold and metal as well as a triple statue of ancient Egyptian gods, said Mohamed Abdel-Badii, the head of the Egyptian Archaeology Sector.

Egyptian officials recently announced ... that it expanded "understanding of the techniques used by ancient Egyptians to extract gold from rocks, and [helped historians gain] a better ...

Recently, archaeologists unearthed a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mining camp in the Sukari Mountains. Crews found evidence of ancient gold mining, processing, and purification. The archaeological ...

In a study published March 13 in the journal Antiquity, Redon detailed the rare discovery of shackles at Ghozza, the ...

Dr. Zahi Hawass, the country's former antiquities minister, and his team discovered the mummy, which was covered in gold leaf ... just as the ancient Egyptians had left it 4,300 years ago ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,600-year-old pot containing gold jewellery and statuettes of a family of gods at an ancient Egyptian temple. The artefacts found at the site included beads ...