Archaeologists say the marble coffin is the first of its kind found in the region. The story it depicts is more often seen in mosaics ...

Created 5,000 years ago, the mysterious color has been found on artworks and artifacts throughout the ancient world. But the ...

A unique archaeological find has recently expanded our knowledge of Neanderthals' capacity for symbolic thought. The object ...

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered an ancient Pharaonic wall, bronze workshops, and child coffins in Luxor, Egypt.

He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is ...

Scientists have recreated the elusive Egyptian blue, a pigment used by ancient Egyptian artists for thousands of years.

Three tombs 'made by pure Egyptian hands' have been found in the archaeological site of Dra Abu el-Naga on the Luxor West Bank, Egypt.

Who doesn’t want to take in the ancient pyramids in person ... If so, give this quiz a try and test your Egyptian knowledge. You might be in for a surprise… King Tut took the throne at age nine but ...

Three ancient Egyptian tombs from around 3,500 years ago have been unearthed in the Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis in the city of Luxor, Egypt. One of the tombs belonged to Amum-em-Ipet from the ...

We see most of these elements in the stories of numerous cultures worldwide, but what about Egypt? Did the ancient Egyptians have a flood myth with some of these elements? Finding the flood myth in ...

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by archaeologists. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by archaeologists. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...