Thebes was once ancient Egypt's capital and the cultic center of its most prominent god: Amun. It also was home to one of the largest temple precincts in the ancient world: Karnak.

priest and 'magician' in ancient Egypt, experts say. His tomb and sarcophagus have been freshly uncovered in Egypt's historic ...

Dynasty, indicating that Saqqara was used as a necropolis during the New Kingdom when Memphis was reinstated as the capital ...

Inscriptions on his tomb suggest that Teti Neb Fu was famous in ancient Egypt and had a number of titles. These include ...

The chamber holds a stone coffin engraved with the physician’s name and titles, which include "director of medicinal plants" ...

An ancient capital, lost under the sand for more than ... DeAgostini/Getty Images Once Egypt's largest city, it dates back to King Akhenaten’s father, Amenhotep III, who ruled during a golden ...

Egypt's ancient capital - modern day Luxor in Upper Egypt. "They have already seen a lot of movement in Cairo and before that in Thebes, where they were moved from their own tombs to other ...

The vast burial ground served the city of Memphis - ancient Egypt's capital for 2,000 years. Scarabs also held religious significance and could symbolise the sun god, Ra. Mostafa Waziri ...

As a new year begins, Egypt beckons travellers to uncover its treasures-where ancient history intertwines with vibrant ...

Egypt has unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating ...

Centered on its original capital at Napata ... to this mysterious culture that had absorbed the ancient traditions of pharaonic Egypt. Construction of the south and west cemeteries begins in ...