Social classes in ancient Egypt. Social class is one of the most hotly contested categories in the study of society (compare race).For ancient Egypt the heat of the issue may be diffused by the ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered three New Kingdom tombs dating to more than 3,000 years ago. The burials were found within a cemetery now known as Dra Abu el-Naga, which is near modern-day ...

Three ancient Egyptian tombs from around 3,500 years ago have been unearthed in the Dra Abu el-Naga necropolis in the city of Luxor, Egypt. One of the tombs belonged to Amum-em-Ipet from the ...

Archaeologists deploy innovative technology to discover what lies within and below ancient Maya ... Built more than a thousand years ago by the ancient Maya, the pyramid towers 100 feet over ...

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

Archaeologists in the Egyptian city of Luxor have unearthed the tombs of three prominent officials from the New Kingdom period, which lasted between roughly 1550 and 1070 B.C.E.

An Egyptian archaeological mission has uncovered three tombs dating back to the New Kingdom, one of ancient Egyptian history's most celebrated eras, during excavation work at the necropolis of Dra ...

Farid Zahran, Chairman of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party, said he is ready to run in Egypt's upcoming presidential election after gaining the support of the majority of the party's higher ...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period (1550–1070 B.C.) ... including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years.

Late last year, Egyptian and American archaeologists excavated an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near Luxor. The tomb, which dates to the Middle Kingdom, was found in the South Asasif ...