Archaeologists at Saqqara uncovered the tomb of Weni, an Old Kingdom official, with rare wooden statues and bronze tools that ...

Visitors can once again descend 14 meters underground into the tomb of Amenhotep III, one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful ...

At the southern end of Saqqara, Egyptian archaeologists have reached the burial chamber of a high official of the Old Kingdom ...

The 19-line poem was inscribed on a stone slab in the Bir al-Shaghala necropolis. The lament "is a highly literary and ...

New excavations reveal a previously unknown offering chapel belonging to the wife of high priest Sabu and a limestone ...

An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered three rock-cut tombs dating to Egypt's New Kingdom period (ca. 1550–1070 B.C.) at the Bubasteion Necropolis in Saqqara. The news was first reported by ...

Ancient tomb with 1,700-year-old Greek poem unearthed in Egypt - Findings offer glimpse into succession of civilisations that Egypt witnessed throughout the ages ...

A team of archaeologists has uncovered two tombs from Egypt’s Early Dynastic Period (3100 B.C. to 2686 B.C.) at Jabal al-Tayr in Minya, Egypt. The discovery reveals how ancient Egyptian funerary ...

The Egyptians working on the pyramids are helping create a culture that will last more than 3,000 years—it will be one of the longest-lasting civilizations in the world. During that time, ancient ...

ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT—Live Science reports that 18 tombs have been uncovered at Marina el-Alamein, the site of an ancient town located near Egypt’s Mediterranean coastline. Seven of the tombs were found ...

The missing body of Shoshenq III, the sixth of 11 known pharaohs from ancient Egypt’s 22nd dynasty (945–716 B.C.E.), has unexpectedly turned up in the Tanis tomb of his predecessor, Osorkon II. In a ...

Egypt has built or is constructing around 70,000 replacement tombs for graves affected by groundwater in Cairo, President ...