The seized items include a funerary statue valued at $6 million that likely came from an archaeological site near the ancient ...

Was ancient Egyptian technology more advanced than we think? In this video, we analyze precision artifacts like the Elephantine Island box, questioning the mainstream view that such feats were ...

A unique statue dating back to the fifth dynasty of ancient Egypt has been discovered at the necropolis of Saqqara. An "unparalleled" funerary statue of an ancient Egyptian man whose name may be Messi ...

Ancient Egyptian civilization lasted some 3,000 years; the show, which runs into January, covers all periods and features ...

Archaeologists found a bone whistle used by ancient Egyptian guards to warn of grave robbers, shedding light on how royal tombs were protected. The whistle made from a cow’s toe bone was recovered ...

Polish researchers uncovered a 2,000-year-old mummy still carrying a fetus inside her womb, a one-of-a-kind archaeological ...

Prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah stands in a cage during a verdict hearing for 21 people over an unauthorized street protest in 2013, in a courtroom in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 23, 2015.

One of the artifacts on display is an urgent order for four windows that dates to between 1295 and 1186 B.C.E. © Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn. Photo Franck ...

In a 4,000-year-old creation myth from ancient Egypt, god manifested as high ground that rose out of watery chaos. New research suggests this myth of the primeval mound may have inspired the first ...

Researchers have carried out the most comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of Egypt's Karnak Temple near Luxor—one of the ancient world's largest temple complexes and a UNESCO World Heritage site ...

Here’s what you will learn when you read this story: Famed archaeologist Zahi Hawass discovered a statue that he said rewrites what we know about Egyptian art history. The familial statue mixed ...

Cairo — A rare 4,000-year-old limestone relief has vanished from a tomb in Egypt's famous Saqqara Necropolis, officials say, in the second major apparent theft of an antiquity in just weeks. The ...