A 3,000-year-old Pharaonic inscription of Ramses III has been found in Jordan’s Wadi Rum, revealing Egypt’s ancient ties.

A hieroglyphic inscription bearing the name of Pharaoh Ramses III has been discovered in southern Jordan.

It can all be, I have to admit, rather overwhelming and I’d suggest anyone planning a Nile cruise should swot up a little on ...

Using the Ancient Greek portion, in 1814 the polymath Thomas Young identified the names of Greek rulers who had governed Egypt, as they appeared in hieroglyphic form ... The names of King Ptolemy and ...

A newly uncovered ancient Egyptian ... in January in Abydos, Egypt. But the lavish tomb’s intended occupant remains a mystery. Graverobbers had damaged the hieroglyphic text painted on bricks ...

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.

There’s just one problem, according to Liam McEvoy: the blue lotus used in ancient Egypt and the water lily advertised online ... on Reddit to look for the plant in the present and studied ...

The closest thing we have to a firsthand account is the oft-repeated tale told by Greek historian Plutarch, who was not even alive during Cleopatra’s reign. So his story is just that—a story. He ...

It marked the second discovery announced this year of a tomb of an ancient Egyptian king. The burial chamber discovered in January at Abydos, an important city in ancient Egypt located about six ...

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the last known inscription written in the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt, inscribed on Hadrian’s Gate ... This was forty years after the penultimate known hieroglyphic ...

Science news this week includes "cosmic tornadoes" and surprises from ancient Egypt. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI/Tombos Archaeological Project) Jump to: ...