While exploring the surroundings of the temple of the pharaoh Ramesses II (reigned ca. 1279–1213 B.C.) in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos, archaeologists from New York University’s Institute for ...

If Egyptologists studied only massive stone monuments, gleaming golden sarcophagi, and brightly painted tomb walls, they would understand ancient Egypt as an almost exclusively masculine world. Most ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkably well preserved urban landscape that lay buried for roughly three millennia, ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of what they believe was a large 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom. The discovery sheds new light on a lesser-known region of Egypt, ...

A team of archaeologists from a Dutch museum has been banned from carrying out excavations in Egypt’s rich Saqqara necropolis, after the museum mounted an exhibition that drew condemnation from ...

Ongoing excavations at Egypt’s Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, have unearthed two mummification workshops and the tombs of two significant priests. The site’s latest treasures, which Egypt’s ...

A major restoration project is underway to repair one of Egypt’s famed pyramids, despite frustration from the archaeology community. The efforts are led by Mostafa Waziri, Egypt’s secretary-general of ...

Some vacations take you to destinations that feel futuristic, while archeological tourism transports you to a completely different era in the past. Whether you’re excavating the prehistoric species of ...

Archaeologists traced a 2,000-foot limestone boulevard likely linking the Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount, built under the ...

For over 3,000 years, ancient Egypt was one of the most powerful civilizations on Earth, with an empire stretching across half a dozen modern-day countries. How much do you know about this iconic ...