Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Arguments still rage about how the pyramids were built, but a new discovery has taken giant steps toward the incredible truth ...

Egyptian mummies have always been a subject of great interest, not only from researchers and scientists, but the general ...

A 3,600-year ... in Abydos, Egypt. The burial site includes a limestone chamber surrounded by mudbrick vaults, but the king's identity remains a mystery due to damage caused by ancient tomb ...

Animals in ancient Egypt were mummified for use as votive offerings. The objects often took the form of the god being offered to—in this case, the croc-headed god Sobek. (From cats to crocodiles ...

A team of Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a 3,200-year-old tomb believed to belong ... often considered the last great pharaoh of ancient Egypt. The remarkable discovery, made at the ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 2,600-year-old pot containing gold jewellery and statuettes of a family of ancient gods. The treasure trove was discovered at the Karnak temple complex ...

Wegner's team excavated the 3,600-year-old tomb beneath 23 feet of sand at the necropolis of Anubis Mountain. It's part of Abydos, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt and once home to the ...

As for the pottery workshop in Banaweet, the statement said that it was one of the largest production centers supplying pottery and glass to the area in ancient times. From time to time ...