Professor Hassan discovers the true cause behind the collapse of the Egyptian Old Kingdom. Nothing prepared Egypt for the eclipse of royal power and poverty that came after Pepy II. Nothing ...

Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Egypt Uncover a 4,000-Year-Old Tomb With Rare Inscriptions. The 4,000-year-old mastaba was built for a royal administrator and his priestess wife.

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered several pieces of ancient rock art from more than 3,000 years ago, according to a statement released by the country's Ministry of Antiquities.

Dr. Zahi Hawass uncovering Old Kingdom statues at Gisr el-Mudir in Saqqara, Egypt (all photos courtesy Nevine El-Aref) Success! Your account was created and you’re signed in. Please visit My ...

Egypt: Old Kingdom is a strategy simulation game about the times of the construction of the Great Pyramids. Every player can start from uniting the Egyptian tribes and end as a ruler of the First ...

Archeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest mummy ever found in Egypt.. The 4,300-year-old mummy was a rich, important 35-year-old man called Djed Sepsh, archaeologist Zahi Hawass, Egypt ...

20,000-Year-Old Labyrinth with 3,000 Chambers Hidden Under Egypt ... A groundbreaking discovery has emerged from the sands of Egypt, ... Modern archaeology has struggled to verify this description.

Excavations take place at the site of a 3,600-year-old limestone tomb chamber of an unknown king, in Abydos, Egypt, March 25, 2025. (Dr. Josef Wegner/Penn Museum) ...

In the southern area of the Saqqara archaeological zone, known for housing the tombs of high officials from the Egyptian Old Kingdom, a joint Franco-Swiss archaeological team has made an exceptional ...

The honor of Egypt’s oldest necropolis belongs to Pharaoh Djoser, a ruler who ushered in the Old Kingdom’s Third Dynasty during the 27th century BCE. Constructed around 2,680 BCE in Saqqara ...