Burial chamber unearthed seven meters (23 feet) underground It was discovered at important ancient Egyptian city Abydos The pharaoh's name was obliterated by ancient tomb robbers March 27 (Reuters ...

Situated along the Nile River, Tombos lies in the ancient region of Nubia. In around 1400 B.C.E., Egypt conquered the area and established Tombos to “facilitate colonial control,” according ...

Now, for the second time in what is already proving to be a landmark year for the study of ancient Egypt, archaeologists have discovered yet another ancient king’s tomb. This time around ...

Jewelry was an important part of ancient Egyptian culture. Excavation at the Karnak temple found a 2,600-year-old pot filled with gold jewelry, beads, and statues. The statues of Egyptian gods ...

The amount of precision and finesse in the mummy's packaging suggests that this individual was a very important figure in ancient Egyptian society. But the identity of the body remains unknown ...

the Karnak complex was ancient Egypt’s largest and most significant religious sites. For more than 1,500 years beginning in the Middle Kingdom, rulers added structures to the area—Thutmose II ...

For the first time in more than a century, since Howard Carter unearthed the final resting place of King Tut, Egyptologists have uncovered a decorated royal tomb in the Luxor area, west of the ...

An Iranian woman jumps over a bonfire celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran ...

Researchers discovered a royal tomb that is over 3,600 years old in Abydos, Egypt. The entryway of the ... Wheat roots and seeds from ancient plants were also found. Sherif Fathy—Minister ...

MIRANDA KRESTOVNIKOFF: According to ancient Egyptian myths, there was once, in the middle of eternal darkness, an endless ocean of lifeless water. Out of this ocean sprang the first mound of earth ...