During an excavation at a site believed to date back to the Greek-era near Alexandria, archaeologists uncovered a stunning ...

A joint Egyptian mission, led by the Supreme Council of Antiquities and Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage, uncovered the tomb of Prince Userefre, the son of King Userkaf, the first ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago ...

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious new king of ancient Egypt, buried in a network of ... "It gives birth to the new kingdom, the famous golden age of many of the well-known pharaohs ...

Archaeologists excavating at Saqqara Necropolis found a 4,300-year-old tomb of a poorly known prince with a unique fake door, ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...

Digging into the tan-brown dirt of northern Egypt, a ruined structure began to reemerge. Food scraps, weapons and personal items dotted the ancient complex — and revealed its purpose.

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered the tomb of Pharaoh Userkaf's son in Saqqara, revealing a rare pink granite false door and ...

Giza's three pyramids and the Sphinx were constructed in the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom, arguably the first great civilization on earth. Today, Giza is a suburb of rapidly growing Cairo ...

and many others Ancient Egypt was an influential kingdom in North Africa and the Middle East for thousands of years. Ancient Egyptians were ruled by a leader called a pharaoh and worshipped many ...