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From the Grand Egyptian Museum to a new capital, the north African nation is showcasing its 'unmatched diversity' beyond ...

A lesser-known period in Egyptian history has just been unearthed. Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists, alongside the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have discovered a massive tomb ...

Archaeologists have unveiled a 4,100-year-old tomb belonging to a physician who treated the Egyptian Pharaohs. The tomb was found in the southern part of Saqqara, Egypt, belonging to Teti Neb Fu ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient Egyptian bow drills previously didn't appear in the archaeological record until the New Kingdom, circa the second ...

The distinctive smell of ancient mummies is helping scientists decode the secrets of Egyptian mummification. By analyzing tiny traces of chemicals in the air around mummy samples, researchers ...

An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has unearthed a staggering 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, Upper Egypt, including over 130 ...

It appears that even the most skilled scribes of ancient Egypt made mistakes. A recent discovery at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has revealed that ancient Egyptian artisans used a correction ...

Have you ever wondered what a mummy smells like? According to research reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, it’s “woody,” “spicy,” and even “sweet.” Researchers analyzed the ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...