The discovery was made near the remains of a mummified adult lion, which was found underneath the Saqqara necropolis in 2004.

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a huge tomb belonging to one of ancient Egypt’s earliest pharaohs. But with no mummy left inside the identity of the fallen king remains a mystery. The ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS claim to have unearthed a “major” Egyptian town – dating back 3,400 years. The settlement offers ...

A mysterious mummy called “Bashiri” has captivated the minds of Egyptologists for more than a century, but no scholar has ...

A GROUNDBREAKING discovery of two mummies has revealed a previously unknown human ancestor from over 7,000 years ago. The ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the ...

The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and ... which were protective tokens inserted into mummy wrappings, tombs, or coffins. The symbol, dedicated to Horus ...

A GROUNDBREAKING discovery of two mummies has revealed a previously unknown ... from the Max Planck Institute in Germany unearthed the ancient mummified corpses in Libya. The fascinating North ...