Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country and alongside Mesopotamia was a part of the Fertile Crescent which is ...

Each one was only a part of the entire funerary complex in ancient Egypt. Other buildings lost over time included smaller pyramids for the Egyptian queens, other family members, and officials of ...

New evidence reveals that the Pyramids in Egypt were built by paid workers, not slaves, reshaping views on ancient Egyptian ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the ...

The pyramid at Saqqara was built sometime around 2680 BCE as a funerary complex for the Third Dynasty pharaoh Djoser. It is believed to be the oldest of Egypt’s seven iconic pyramids and the ...

Egypt's three iconic pyramids at Giza dominate the landscape and the smallest of structures survived an attempt to destroy it. By Aditi Rane , Reporter 04:00, Sat, Nov 23, 2024 ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

The suggestion draws upon the fact that the Step Pyramid of Djoser – built 4500 years ago as the burial place for an Egyptian pharaoh as part of the Saqqara necropolis site – is near two dry ...