Archaeologists excavating in Abydos, Egypt, have unearthed an extraordinary tomb dating back more than 3,600 years—yet the pharaoh once buried within remains unidentified. Although looters likely ...

Credit: Vania Teofilo / CC BY-SA 3.0 A mysterious Egyptian mummy known as “Bashiri” has ... watched over by the goddesses Isis and Nephthys. Near them are the four sons of Horus, figures traditionally ...

Researchers discovered a royal tomb that is over 3,600 years old in Abydos, Egypt. The entryway of the tomb was decorated with inscriptions dedicated to Isis and Nephthys, goddesses of the afterlife.

Before archaeologists confirmed the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II last month, more than a century had passed since Howard Carter and a team of Egyptian ... the goddesses Isis and Nephthys ...

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

Inscriptions on both sides of the entrance to the tomb name the Egyptian goddesses Isis and Nephthys. The two were sisters and were often paired together as Isis represented birth and Nephthys death.

The limestone tomb chamber, dating to about 3,600 years ago, of an unknown ancient Egyptian king ... painted scenes showing the sister goddesses Isis and Nephthys. "His name was in the ...

The amount of precision and finesse in the mummy's packaging suggests that this individual was a very important figure in ancient Egyptian society. But the identity of the body remains unknown ...

Six Russian tourists were killed on Thursday after a viewing submarine sank near the Egyptian resort city of Hurghada, according to the local governor. Maj. Gen. Amr Hanafy confirmed the deaths in ...

Although they left no written records, the Tumaco-Tolita (also spelled Tumaco-La Tolita) people created this gold statue, a rare example of the art form in the ancient Americas. The standing ...