etched out to closely mirror the rock-cut temples of Abu Simbel in southern Egypt. The builders even nailed the wear and tear, like the slab of exposed sandstone where a pharaoh’s now-missing ...

The road in question is the Lake Moeris Quarry Road, in Egypt’s Faiyum District, which is thought to be the oldest surviving paved road in existence. It was built between 2600 and 2100 BCE, during ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna ... Now 30 feet below street level, the temple’s red sandstone pronaos, or entrance hall, is all that survives of what was once a larger complex.

A fragment of an obelisk sculpted from graywacke sandstone, commissioned by Ramses II. Jean-Luc Maby/RMN-Grand Palais The ancient Egyptian monuments first appeared at the beginning of the third ...

She appealed to Egyptian officials not to resign themselves ... aimed at moving the fragile sandstone temples to higher ground. The enormous engineering problems were matched by the daunting ...

Scientists have discovered intriguing skeletons hidden in an Egyptian pyramid. Being laid to rest in an Egyptian pyramid is traditionally assumed to have been an honour reserved for the wealthy ...

Sarcophagus lids, a Greco-Roman portrait and fragments of what is believed to be a temple of Queen Hatshepsut were among 25 rare artifacts returned to Egypt from the United States, the Egyptian ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unveiled the millennia-old tombs of three senior statesmen, identified by inscriptions left on the tombs. The three sites in the city of Luxor date to the New Kingdom era, ...