Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis near the Nile River have uncovered a 3,500-year-old burial site of a ...

Sun Chariot: An ornate Bronze Age treasure that may have featured in an ancient Nordic religious ceremony What it tells us about the past: More than five millennia ago, an Egyptian weaver created a ...

Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of ancient King Thutmose II, who is thought to have reigned from about 1493 BC to 1479 BC.

A new study has uncovered the "woody," "spicy," and "sweet" scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, shedding light on the mummification process and its evolution over time.

Ancient Egyptians believed strongly in the afterlife. Wall painting depicting Osiris (sitting) at Seti I Chapel, the temple at Abydos. Credit: Amice M.Calverley, Alan Gardiner, 1935 CC BY-SA 3.0. The ...

Artifacts found at the Taposiris Magna Temple site in Egypt. The temple was dedicated to Osiris, a major deity in the ancient Egyptian pantheon, associated with the afterlife, death and rebirth.

In 2023 and 2024, internet users shared photos that purportedly showed an ancient Egyptian coffin lid featuring a painting of Marge Simpson, the long-suffering matriarch in FOX animated series ...

An Egyptian servant pouring wine, depicted on a funerary stele at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. De Agostini via Getty Images Ancient Egyptian Bes mug displayed at Tampa Museum of Art, Florida.

These ancient Egyptian gold foil artifacts were found during an excavation at the Tel el-Deir necropolis in New Damietta, a city on the Mediterranean coast. Archaeologists uncovered dozens of ...

In a skull marred with bone damage from multiple tumors, archaeologists have found never-before-seen evidence from ancient Egypt of surgical intervention for cancer.

The ancient Egyptian texts also describe Nut as a ladder or as reaching out her arms to help guide the deceased up to the sky on their way to the afterlife.