The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, is now slated to open at the end of 2025. Here's how to get a sneak peek and what's on display.

Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis near the Nile River have uncovered a 3,500-year-old burial site of a ...

Then Hussein’s donkey tripped on something – upon further examination it was an ancient step. The workers soon uncovered 14 ancient steps on that hot day in August 1922 that led to the tomb of the ...

Thomas Young, an English physicist, and Jean-François Champollion, a French scientist, managed to crack the hieroglyphic code. Their discoveries in the early nineteenth century laid the foundation for ...

Although more than 99.95% of Earth's gold is locked in the molten core, tiny amounts may be coming up to the surface in magma, a study found. A lava fountain at Kilauea in Hawaii is seen in early May.

Egypt’s first interactive platform for learning ancient Egyptian language, the “Hieroglyphs Step by Step” website, has recently launched its second development phase, expanding its reach and ...

Archaeologists have discovered rare iron shackles that would have been used to bind the feet of workers, as described in Agatharchides’ text, in the ancient Egyptian gold mine of Ghozza.

Archaeologists excavating the Karnak temple complex in Luxor, Egypt, were in for a dazzling surprise when they turned up a clutch of gold jewelry and ornaments. The mission was undertaken by the ...

Recently, archaeologists unearthed a 3,000-year-old Egyptian mining camp in the Sukari Mountains. Crews found evidence of ancient gold mining, processing, and purification.

Egyptian Gold Mining Camp Excavated Near Red Sea. News February 26, 2025 ... Inscriptions on various pieces of pottery and stone were found to be written in hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Greek, ...