Dr. Zahi Hawass uncovering Old Kingdom statues at Gisr el-Mudir in Saqqara, Egypt (all photos courtesy Nevine El-Aref) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund our ...

Police have launched an investigation into the theft of a pharaoh's gold bracelet from the restoration laboratory at Cairo's ...

New evidence reveals that ancient Egyptians were using advanced mummification techniques a full 1,000 years earlier than previously believed, which could dramatically alter our knowledge of this ...

CAIRO, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- While visitors wander the sunlit halls above, marveling at treasures carved millennia ago, a quieter, more meticulous drama unfolds beneath their feet, in the shadowed ...

A recent discovery of rock art near Aswan, Egypt, could be a game-changer in understanding the formation of the Egyptian state. The petroglyph, believed to date back to the late 4th millennium BC, ...

The mummified body of an Egyptian nobleman found in 2019 has been discovered to be older than previously thought. The nobleman, called Khuwy, has been dated back to the Old Kingdom, 1,000 years ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 3,300-year-old bone whistle carved out of a cow's toe, and it may have been used by ...

The Ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom (2686–2125 B.C.) produced many lasting artefacts—but little DNA has survived. Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built ...

In 2025, scientists achieved a remarkable breakthrough by sequencing the complete genome of an ancient Egyptian male whose remains were discovered at Nuwayrat, a site located about 170 miles south of ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Egypt: Old Kingdom Egypt: Old Kingdom is a turn-based strategy, built on the history of the I-VIII dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Take on the role of tjati - ...