The drill’s chemical composition was also surprising, study co-author Jiří Kmošek noted, as it is made up of an unusual ...

Archaeologists cleaning the ancient tomb of Djefai-Hapi in Asyut found the hidden burial chamber of his daughter, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Cleaning work at a ...

A project is underway to reconstruct the lighthouse as a 3-D computer model ...

Authorities have uncovered a tomb with eleven sealed burials and many items of jewelry. It is the first tomb of its kind to be found in the South Asasif necropolis region and dates back about 4,000 ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a 4,300-year-old mummy wrapped in gold inside a sealed limestone coffin at the Saqqara ...

IBM and the Egyptian Government have launched the results of a $3.5m three year, online multimedia project that reveals 5,000 years of Egyptian history. The Eternal Egypt project has created a ...

An Italian archaeological mission has discovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to an ancient Egyptian king near Cairo, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said. The temple of King Nyuserre is ...

Ancient Egyptian artists as far back as 3100 B.C.E. employed an artificial pigment now called Egyptian blue, using it to paint wood, stone, and cartonnage (a material that resembles papier-mâché), as ...