Hussein Bassir, Tuesday 15 Aug 2023. The sanctification of animals in ancient Egypt has often been misunderstood, with ancient Greek visitors to Egypt being largely responsible, writes Hussein Bassir ...

A British archaeological mission from the University of Manchester unearthed the ruins of the ancient city of Imet at Tell al ...

In the earliest eras of Egyptian civilization, around 4000 B.C., many of the wild animals that would later migrate to central and southern Africa thrived in and around Egypt. While this ancient ...

In ancient Egypt, baboons—like many other animals—were mummified as offerings to the gods after their deaths. However, no wild baboons live in Egypt today and there is no evidence to suggest ...

CAIRO -- Egypt on Thursday said it uncovered several 4,300-year-old tombs in Saqqara as it continues a series of discoveries in the ancient burial ground. The tombs date back to the Fifth and ...

Another commonly mummified animal was the crocodile. Although crocodiles lived in the Nile during ancient times, the completion of the Aswan Dam in 1970 prevented them from moving northwards ...

Baboons mummified in ancient Egypt were likely imported from distant regions and held in captivity, according to a new study that unravels the long-standing mystery of how the primates were found ...

A review of how ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics were first translated 200 years ago, and a look at the archaeological work now being done in Egypt to understand one of the empire’s most important ...