The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in ...

Archaeologists have long debated who was buried in these megalithic monuments and whether the tombs served other purposes, such as rituals, ceremonies, or displays. The prevailing view was that these ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...

Egypt goes from glory to disaster in this lively history of the Ptolemaic Dynasty. Egyptologist Wilkinson ... It’s an insightful interpretation of one of the ancient world’s great civilizations.

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

The burial chamber — which was found in January and features many decorated rooms and mudbrick vaults — is the second major ...

During routine archaeological research as part of the Ancient Egypt Leatherwork Project (AELP) carried out by Salima Ikram, Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo (AUC ...

"The rumors suggesting the presence of columns beneath the Pyramid of Khafre are nothing but fabrications propagated by individuals with no expertise in ancient Egyptian civilization or the ...

displays non-Egyptian ... eighteenth dynasty, and finally found in the teaching of King Ōkhnatōn a somewhat particularised expression. A. H. Gardiner, “New Literary Works from Ancient Egypt ...

ancient Egyptians would offer salted fish and other foods to their gods, to coincide with the spring equinox. During this period, which corresponds to the era of the Third Dynasty, the arrival of ...