There is no one way to make a mummy. Mummification methods have varied across the world for thousands of years, even within a ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered an extraordinary piece of ancient literature in an unexpected place: inside the embalming process of a Roman-era mummy. The discovery was made earlier this year ...

Sabu and Ptahshepses’s tombs had originally been discovered between 1858 and 1860 by French archaeologist Auguste Mariette, ...

The Egyptians working on the pyramids are helping create a culture that will last more than 3,000 years—it will be one of the longest-lasting civilizations in the world. During that time, ancient ...

Satellite radar and electrical scans have revealed a 2,600-year-old structure from ancient Egypt. The surprise wasn't the walls — but what was underneath.

The black-and-white photograph of a long-lost artifact depicts four serekhs, symbols of Egyptian rulers, and two of them, a recent study suggests, are hers ...

While clearing debris to protect ancient Egyptian tombs from flash floods, researchers near Luxor stumbled upon an unknown 3,000-year-old tomb. Its remarkably preserved paintings depict an official ...

It was a news story that went round the world, with museum bosses in Scotland roundly mocked. But now it has emerged that an ancient mummy removed from public view could be returned to Egypt.

When the Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the ancient Egyptians' land was "given them by the river," he was referring to the Nile, whose waters were essential to the rise of one of the world’s ...

Around 5,000 years ago a mysterious ancient Egyptian woman was given a burial worthy of kings. Her tomb was decorated with ...

"El Marsam: Modern and Contemporary Art From Egypt," at the Middle East Institute, highlights Egypt's legacy as a center of ...