In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the ...

The enormous stone structure, complete with angular steps and flat terraces, looks uncannily like the ruins of a man-made ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

When researchers examined skeletons buried in present-day Sudan, they found evidence that some had belonged to workers who performed hard labor ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was possibly built by King Tutankhamun's father and later added to by Ramesses II ...

Researchers found the older ancient Egyptian settlement while they were studying the Greek one. An unexpected discovery of mudbrick dating to the New Kingdom (circa 1550 to 1070 B.C.) revealed the ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 2,200-year-old pyramid, Ancient Origins reported. Researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the Ministry of Heritage worked together with ...

After that, the wider region was ruled by two Macedonian empires: Egypt’s Ptolemaic ... leather goods. Such ancient artifacts, including those recently found at the pyramid site, have survived ...

Josef Wegner/Penn Museum/Handout via REUTERS The limestone tomb chamber, dating to about 3,600 years ago, of an unknown ancient Egyptian king, discovered during excavations by Penn Museum and ...

(Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic ...