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

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

New insights reveal where Bronze Age Mycenae's gold may have originated, from Thrace to Egypt and further afield.

Gold was extracted from Egyptian mines through forced labor to finance the wars and expansion of the ancient kingdom.

While working in the northwestern sector of the temple complex, a joint French-Egyptian archaeological ... Among the pottery was a broken pot and gold items glinting from within, the ministry ...

gold-plated beads, and statuettes dating back to the 26th dynasty. These artifacts, including depictions of the gods Amun, Mut, and Khonsu, offer insights into the religious practices of the time.

Archaeologists uncovered a 3,000-year-old mining factory, worker houses and other ruins at Sukari gold mine ... the partial figures as Bastet, an Egyptian deity who often took the form of a ...

Egyptian artifacts are therefore something special ... Though choice objects such as an exquisite pair of gold and lapis lazuli bracelets — perhaps worn by Ramses II himself — impart a ...

An ancient military tomb and graves from the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman periods have been discovered at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the 3,200-year-old tomb of a possible military commander who may have served during ...