Nearly a century after his untimely death, the voice of Sayed Darwish still reverberates across Egypt in the verses of the ...

The finds include votives, jewelry, ritual instruments, and a duck-shaped pourer. A votive hand is emerging from the sediment during an archaeological excavation in Thonis-Heracleion. End of 5th ...

Go back in time to ancient Egypt. Thousands of years, in fact. Their influence on modern life can be seen in our language, art, engineering, and more. Gain a new appreciation for ancient Egyptian ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory at a temple site. The observatory, thought to date to the sixth century B.C., was built with mud bricks and is ...

Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, which reigned for over two centuries ...

A beautifully decorated coffin and burial chamber loaded with goods have started to unveil the story of an ancient Egyptian ...

Ever wondered what Cleopatra might have reached for when she had a headache? Or what remedies filled the medicine cabinets of pyramid builders? Turns out, one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured healing ...

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 announced ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered hundreds of large ancient jars that contain remains of 5,000-year-old wine. Researchers with a German-Austrian archaeological mission found a vast quantity of ...

EVROPOS, Greece, Nov 28 (Reuters) - In Evropos, a village in northern Greece, Danis Koumartzis carves out the wooden sound box of a traditional lyre before covering it with animal hide and attaching ...

The genome of a man buried at Nuwayrat in Middle Egypt about 4,500–4,800 years ago has been sequenced. Compared with published genomes of ancient individuals, most of the man’s ancestry best matches ...

A facial reconstruction was made using a 3D scan of the Egyptian man's skull. - Caroline Wilkinson, Liverpool John Moores University In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire ...