Locating a historic shipwreck is only the beginning. One ancient Egyptian vessel may take us literally hundreds of years to fully and safely explore.

He pushes apart the columns of the temple, collapsing it upon thousands of Philistines. His act is not only one of vengeance, but a final assertion of power when no other option remained.

Why build a new temple? A Third Temple?ON Monday, May 26, Israel celebrated Jerusalem Day. This marks the day when Israeli forces annexed East Jerusalem and the West Bank after the 1967 war. The ...

Karnak Temple Complex The history of the massive temple site in Luxor dates back 2000 years and is dedicated to the God Amun-Ra. The towering columns and intricate hieroglyphs of Karnak are nothing ...

The ship, built in the classical tradition with Egyptian shipbuilding techniques, sank in the 2nd century BCE while loading massive stones from the temple of Amun.

Archaeologists excavating the Karnak temple complex in Luxor, Egypt have turned up a cache of gold jewelry, amulets, and ornaments.

The solar alignment illuminated the ancient temple in Karnak and its sacred boat of Amun Ra, a masterpiece built by King Philip Arhidaeus, the brother of Alexander the Great. The sunlight traveled ...

Obelisks over Karnak Two of three obelisks at the Temple of Amun at Karnak Temple Complex tower behind the Great Hypostyle Hall. The obelisk of Thutmose I (r. circa 1504-1493 B.C.) is on the right ...

Resting on the seafloor, this colossal statue once welcomed visitors to the temple of Amun-Gereb, erected in the fifth century B.C. at the Nile port of Thonis-Heracleion. Archaeologists believe ...

Temple of Esna, Esna One of its namesake city’s most breathtaking sights, this image shows just a few of the columns carved from red sandstone that line the Temple of Esna’s hypostyle hall.