Archaeologists discovers 13 wooden coffins in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Saqqara.

The piece is simple, yet striking: a carved wooden bust of a female figure, about two feet tall, serene and calm. A braid ...

Egypt on Wednesday unveiled new archaeological discoveries, including the 4,000-year-old tombs of high-ranking officials and artwork from the time of Queen Hatshepsut, at an ancient necropolis in the ...

Egypt has unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating ...

Archeologists have recently unearthed the 4,000-year-old tomb of an Egyptian physician at the famed Saqqara cemetery located ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed the remains of a multi-skilled wizard-doctor who treated the pharaohs some 4,000 years ...

Thanks to recent analysis, however, researchers believe they have confirmed the first known plague case outside Eurasia: a 3,290-year-old, ancient Egyptian mummy. Y. pestis, also known as the ...

After conquering Phoenicia in 332 BC, Alexander the Great looked onward to Egypt. The city of Alexandria was built at the edge of the Nile Delta and is situated between the Mediterranean Sea to the ...

20th Dynasty (circa 1186-1069 B.C.)," with Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities adding in a statement that there were also ornaments, amulets and coffins that have been discovered.

Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range. The inscribed amulet was found ...

After years of excavation work, the leader of an archeological expedition at the Church of St. Nicholas in Demre, Turkey, announced this week that her team has found a sarcophagus that may contain ...