In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some ...

Which became quite a thing for the Ancient Egyptians, as King Tut’s remains would demonstrate. The Egyptian god Anubis ... themselves the “Sons of Ra” and they spent much of the kingdom ...

Mohamed Ismail Khaled said the Ramesseum was both a temple and a hub for redistributing goods, helping locals—especially ...

A statue discovered in the mud on the site of the ancient Egyptian capital of Heliopolis, is not Pharaoh Ramses II but King Psamtek I, who ruled between 664 and 610 BC. Initially archaeologists ...

The colossal statue of the ancient Egyptian King Psamtik I was discovered in pieces—over 1,900 of them. Rebuilding it, at least partially, can help archaeologists identify his pose and the size ...

The modern name comes from a Greek version of the ancient Egyptian name Abedju. The size of the 3,600-year-old limestone tomb chamber (shown from below and above) suggests that it was likely ...

In fact, it was such a significant civilization that people who study ancient Egyptian history have a special ... who was later resurrected), Amun-Ra (the god of the sun), Isis (the goddess ...

Jewelry was an important part of ancient ... Amun-Ra—resulted in archaeologists discovering more than just a bead. It uncovered a whole treasure trove. The project was conducted by the Egyptian ...

The statue was lost and destroyed at the end of the 6th century AD, but we know about it because it was shown on a whole lot of ancient Greek coins. Cool! The largest Egyptian pyramid ever was ...

One of its most special aspects is the Temple of Amun-Ra. This latest discovery at ... the level of sophistication that prevailed in ancient Egyptian craftsmanship. Alongside the treasure, many ...