Egyptology
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Expansive New Kingdom tomb unveiled in Egypt’s Luxor
Archaeologists on Thursday unveiled an unusually large tomb on Luxor’s west bank dated to ancient Egypt’s 18th dynasty. The 3,500-year-old,…
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Fragment of Black granite statue of King Amenhotep III discovered in Sohag parking lot
The Ministry of Antiquities announced the discovery of an artifact in a parking lot in Akhmim, Sohag governorate, during a…
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Scan technique reveals secret writing in mummy cases
These are the decorated boxes into which the wrapped body of the deceased was placed before it was put in…
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Remains of royal ancient Egyptian artefacts uncovered in Tel Al-Pharaeen
An Egyptian excavation mission has discovered remains of mud-brick walls and several artefacts that can be dated to different periods…
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Strength of Egypt’s Canal of the Pharaohs re-emerges
The Italian archaeological mission undertaken by the National Research Council (CNR) has brought to light imposing walls from a fortress…
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First Hellenistic gymnasium in Egypt discovered at Watfa village in Fayoum
A German-Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered the first Hellenistic gymnasium ever found in Egypt, located at Medinat Watfa, in the…
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Tech Shows 2,000-Year-Old Mummy of a Little Girl in Amazing Detail
Some 2,000 years ago, the body of a girl who was around 5 years old was mummified and laid to…
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Coptic tombstone unearthed at Sphinxes Avenue in Luxor
Egyptian archaeologists in Luxor have stumbled upon a decorative Coptic tombstone buried on the eastern side of the Sphinxes Avenue,…
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Asp – or ash? Climate historians link Cleopatra’s demise to volcanic eruption
The fall of Cleopatra’s Egypt to Augustus, the first Roman emperor, is usually told as a melodramatic power struggle between…
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4000 years old wooden head discovered in Sakkara – UPDATE
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck…. or in this case a…
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