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 ...

First Royal Tomb Since King Tut Discovered Mohamed Abdel Badie—head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities—noted that the pharaoh’s tomb is much larger than ...

The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Abydos. The burial is located about 23 feet (7 meters) underground and contains a limestone burial chamber covered with mudbrick vaults ...

The pact was hailed as a triumph, but it cost Egypt dearly. It led not just to the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981 but also to Cairo’s marginalization in the region and its ...

Archaeologists have long assumed that ancient Egyptian pyramids were reserved for the richest members of society – but an analysis of burials at a site called Tombos suggests low-status workers ...

In December and January, a team of American and Egyptian archaeologists excavated the roughly 3,600-year-old tomb near the Abydos archaeological site, on the edge of the desert west of the Nile ...

Jewelry was an important part of ancient Egyptian culture. Excavation at the Karnak temple found a 2,600-year-old pot filled with gold jewelry, beads, and statues. The statues of Egyptian gods ...

The extraordinary care with which that Bashiri mummy was wrapped suggests this person was also of great importance in ancient Egyptian society. But the identity of the corpse remains unknown ...

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Hidden skeletons found in Egyptian pyramids reveal surprising historical twist. This region was under Egyptian control 3,500 years ago when the civilisation was at its zenith, but by this time ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

Q: What is the Dollar worth against the Egyptian Pound? A: One Dollar is worth 50.556 Egyptian Pounds today Q: Is the Dollar going up or down against the Egyptian Pound? A: Today's exchange rate ...