Egyptians may have harnessed hydraulic power not only for agriculture and transport but also for building pyramids. This ...

Some scientists believe it could be over 10,000 years old—making it potentially older than Egypt’s Great Pyramids of Giza and even Stonehenge. Discovered accidentally in 1987 by local diver Kihachiro ...

While some believe it to be the remains of an ancient human civilization, others argue that it’s nothing more than a curious geological formation. Masaaki Kimura, a professor emeritus at the ...

Researchers found evidence that hydraulic systems might have been used to build Egypt's Step Pyramid of Djoser 4,500 years ...

An international team of archeologists have discovered a massive tomb that belonged to one of ancient Egypt ’s earliest ...

It's part of Abydos, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt and once home to the little ... Wegner's team had previously discovered a tomb in the area in 2014, housing the remains of a pharaoh ...

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The team of Egyptian and American archaeologists found the tomb, which the researchers estimate is 3,600 years old, nearly 23 feet underground at Abydos, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt.