Dramatic new discoveries in the ancient Egytptian burial ... This was mass burial on an astonishing scale, and it shines a light on Egyptian culture at a moment of transition.

Burial chamber unearthed seven meters (23 feet) underground It was discovered at important ancient Egyptian city Abydos The pharaoh's name was obliterated by ancient tomb robbers March 27 (Reuters ...

He excavated the ancient coffin fragments around 20 feet below a burial shaft at the complex of an ancient Egyptian provincial governor, or nomarch, named Ahanakhtin, in 2012. The state of the ...

A team of Egyptian and French archaeologists have discovered ancient artefacts dating back to a school known as the 'House of Life ... "The excavation works also led to a large number of graves dating ...

It marked the second discovery announced this year of a tomb of an ancient Egyptian king. The burial chamber discovered in January at Abydos, an important city in ancient Egypt located about 10 km ...

Ancient Egyptian mythology held that Abydos served as the burial place for Osiris, god of the underworld. Many of history’s earliest pharaohs also chose to be interred there inside a sprawling ...

Scientists have discovered intriguing skeletons hidden in an Egyptian pyramid. Being laid to rest in an Egyptian pyramid is traditionally assumed to have been an honour reserved for the wealthy ...

(photo credit: Josef Wegner/Penn Museum/Handout via REUTERS) Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos ...

A joint Egyptian-American archaeological team made the discovery in the Mount Anubis necropolis in Abydos, a major city in ancient Upper ... consists of a limestone burial chamber covered in ...

Learn more about ancient Egyptian burial traditions and how they honored the dead. National Corporate funding for NOVA is provided by Carlisle Companies. Major funding for NOVA is provided by the ...