Researchers have long speculated about the purpose and meaning of pointy “head cones” depicted in Egyptian art. Now they’ve ...
New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of ...
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s former antiquities minister and noted archaeologist Zahi Hawass on Sunday revealed details of an ancient funerary temple in a vast necropolis south of Cairo. Hawass told reporters ...
Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. An ancient alabaster vase ...
Cairo celebrated the long-awaited opening of its National Museum of Egyptian Civilization with a procession of 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies, transporting them across the city to their new home, ...
CAIRO (AP) — A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh is being assembled in full view at the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall. Staff began piecing together the cedarwood boat, one of two that ...
On Saturday, the mummies of 22 ancient rulers of Egypt, including Egyptian King Seqenenre Tao II (pictured), will be transported from the Egyptian Museum to the new National Museum of Egyptian ...
The tomb of an ancient Egyptian princess has been discovered south of Cairo hidden in bedrock and surrounded by a court of tombs belonging to four high officials. Dating to 2500 B.C., the structure ...
A 3,000-year-old gold bracelet belonging to an ancient Egyptian pharaoh has gone missing from a renowned archaeology museum in Cairo, prompting an official investigation. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism ...