Excavations in Egypt's Nile Delta have revealed ancient Egyptian multistory "tower" houses, a ceremonial building dedicated ...

The Egyptians began covering columns, gates and obelisks with gold at the beginning of the pharaonic period (around 3000 B.C.E.), and historians know from ancient texts that some buildings were ...

Archaeologists in Luxor, Egypt, have made a new discovery by unearthing ancient Egyptian tombs of officials who worked in the Egyptian government. They say it may lead to more cultural tourism.

Like many other ancient Egyptian burial sites, the tomb had already been looted of objects, but decorations gave the French-Swiss archaeological team who investigated the tomb enough clues to ...

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of ancient King Thutmose II, who is thought to have reigned from about 1493 BC to 1479 BC.

Together with Egyptian archaeologists, the researchers also unearthed a large building with a limestone plaster floor and huge pillars dating to the Ptolemaic period (332 to 30 B.C.), when Ptolemy ...