In 1905, archaeologists in Egypt found mysterious inscriptions carved into the walls of a 4,000-year-old mine.

A new theory, increasingly breaking through the rigid frameworks of traditional narratives, invites us to rethink the role of the pyramids in Egypt’s history.

Ancient Egyptian artefacts hidden high away in a monastery in the Tuscan hills of Italy. From mummies, sacred texts, links to ...

A 3,600-year-old royal burial chamber, possibly the tomb of a forgotten King from the era of dynastic chaos, is discovered in ...

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...

Archaeologists say they've discovered an ancient, long-submerged Mediterranean port, but for the head of the mission, the ...

A team led by the Shanghai Museum will embark on a joint archaeological research project with Egypt in October at the Sekhmet Temple ruins, a complex on the west bank of the Nile River. The temple is ...

The history and culture of ancient Egypt has long been a source of fascination in the West, where the wonders of the great pyramids, the mysterious sphinxes and the tombs of the pharaohs fired the ...

The exhibition was intended as a modern riff on ancient Egypt, bringing contemporary figures of musical royalty such as Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Miles Davis into conversation with the rich culture of the ...

Egyptian authorities are urgently investigating the disappearance of a 3,000-year-old bracelet, believed to have belonged to Pharaoh Amenemope, from t ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and ...