Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a large medieval cathedral in the subterranean citadel of Old Dongola, once the ...

For centuries, the location of Alexander the Great’s tomb has remained one of the most baffling and captivating mysteries in ...

A joint archaeological mission has discovered the tomb of Prince Waser-If-Re, son of King Userkaf, in Egypt's Saqqara necropolis, featuring a 15-foot-tall pink granite false door and various ...

The tomb was found at the Saqqara archaeological site in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. The tomb belonged to a prince named “Userefre” or “Waser Ef Ra,” the son of King Userkaf.

The tomb was found at the Saqqara archaeological site in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. ... Archaeologists also found statues of King Djoser, his wife and his 10 daughters in the tomb, ...

Statue of an old king. The tomb appears to have been reused at some point during the 26th dynasty (circa 688 to 525 B.C.). At this time, a statue depicting King Djoser (reign circa 2630 to 2611 B ...

The tomb of Prince Waserif Re, son of King Userkaf who founded ancient Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty and reigned from 2465 BCE to 2458 BCE, was excavated by archaeologists at the Saqqara necropolis, just ...

Inside the tomb, the mission found a statue of King Djoser (of the Third Dynasty, builder of the step pyramid) along with his wife and ten daughters. Dr. Zahi Hawass, head of the excavation, explained ...

Archaeologist and former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass indicated that the mission also found, for the first time, a statue of King Djoser, his wife, and ten daughters inside the tomb.

Zahi Hawass revealed that the mission found a statue ensemble depicting King Djoser, his wife, and their ten daughters for the first time. Preliminary analysis suggests these statues were initially ...

The tomb is believed to belong to Prince Waserif-Re, son of King Userkaf, the founder of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, which dates back more than 4,400 years. Little was previously known about the prince.