In ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, canopic jars were used to hold human organs that were removed during the mummification ...

Egypt has been revealing more of its secrets in the past decade, particularly in Saqqara, which served as the necropolis for ...

Boasting King Tut's treasures and countless other riches, anticipation for the Grand Egyptian Museum mounts as delays thwart ...

For the past 100 years, Egyptologists thought that when the powerful female pharaoh Hatshepsut died, her nephew and successor ...

Excavations in the Nile Delta have revealed multi-story tower houses, a granary, a ceremonial building, and eye-catching ...

Ancient Egypt is coming to life in Chicago as Dr. Zahi Hawass, the world's most renowned Egyptologist, brings his Royal ...

Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

Scans of a hill showed a dense concentration of abandoned buildings, so archaeologists started digging. Here’s what they ...

The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great ...

Scientists believe they've worked out why statues of one of Egypt's most overlooked rulers were destroyed - and even ...

She was one of ancient Egypt's most successful rulers, a rare female pharaoh who preceded Cleopatra by 1,500 years, but Queen ...

Elephantine, a town at Egypt's southern frontier near modern-day Aswan, provides a unique window into the urban life of some ...