It was originally highly prized for its decorative ... by an Egyptian alchemist named Zosimos. The ancient Egyptians used gold as a means of exchange and rarely to make ornaments.

Ancient Egyptian mummies were an important ... practices were at the peak of their refinement. Decorative elements such as a chest ornament, made from rows of beads and shaped like a hawk ...

Larger-than-life scenes carved on each of its exterior walls offered ancient worshippers a mere ... “It was nearly the only non-Egyptian decorative element in these temples.” ...

Credit: Vania Teofilo / CC BY-SA 3.0 A mysterious Egyptian mummy known ... June 22, 2024 Decorative elements found on the body offer further clues about the man’s social standing. A chest ornament, ...

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was possibly built by King Tutankhamun's father and later added to by Ramesses II, a ...

(Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near ... by grave robbers. The name of the king once buried inside was ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 'major' Egyptian town that was ... dating back to the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt (c. 1550–1069 BC). Meritaten's name means 'she who is beloved of Aten ...

An entire ancient Egyptian settlement from the ... months may reveal more about the settlement, whose name is still unknown. On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the ...

A joint team of British and Egyptian archaeologists ... vases inscribed with his name on them, along with sections of a religious text associated with ancient Egyptian royal burials.