Few cultures have left behind as many fascinating treasures and monuments as Ancient Egypt ... Today held in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, it's made from sheet gold (‘the flesh of the gods ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long ...

In the second century BCE, Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides wrote about the severe working conditions of the criminals and prisoners of war who toiled in ancient Egyptian gold mines ...

statues, tools, pottery, jewelry, weapons and even their burials. In fact, it was such a significant civilization that people who study ancient Egyptian history have a special name: Egyptologists.

The newly-found ancient Egyptian settlement at the site could date back as far as the 18th Dynasty (c. 1550–1292 BC), as indicated by surviving artefacts. For example, an amphora – a ...

CAIRO — Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic ...

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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 ...