The discovery was made in the Al Bahnasa area, 190 kilometers from Cairo. “It reflects the richness and diversity of Egyptian ...

Archaeologists had previously uncovered Greek papyri in mummies, but this discovery marks the first time a literary text has ...

A massive statue has been uncovered near the Nile of Egypt, featuring details linked to the Bible story of Moses.

Marie Benedict's new novel reimagines the lives of a woman who was key in the discovery of King Tut's tomb and a female ...

A papyrus that contains part of Homer's "Iliad" has been discovered inside the abdomen of a mummy in Egypt. Other mummies at ...

The opening of Giza’s Grand Egyptian Museum is sparking renewed interest in ancient motifs from brands like Azza Fahmy and ...

An extraordinary archaeological discovery has been made in Egypt's Minya Governorate, where a Roman-era tomb containing mummies with golden tongues has been unearthed at the historic site of ...

Archaeologists discovered the largest trove of ostraca—inscriptions on broken pottery sherds—ever found, with over 43,000 ...

The mummy was found at Oxyrhynchus, a town on the banks of a Nile River branch called Bahr Yussef. By 400 CE, the vital urban ...

A remarkable 2,000-year-old sandstone stele depicting the Roman emperor Tiberius as an Egyptian pharaoh has been unearthed at the Karnak temple complex in Luxor, Egypt. Discovered during the ...

Ramesses II (“Ramesses the Great”) is believed by many to have been the pharoah in the biblical story of the Exodus.

How did a papyrus of Homer’s Iliad end up inside a mummy? That is the question a team of archaeologists in Egypt is now ...