The ancient Egyptians were prolific record keepers. For thousands of years, they jotted down everything from legal documents to literature on papyrus rolls and tablets of wood and stone. But there’s ...

Ancient Egyptian funerary paintings have long been admired for their formal and structured nature, but a recent study conducted by an international team of scientists revealed new insights into the ...

The United States is an excellent hub for discoveries. Lake Michigan has just produced a rare tugboat, linked to the wreck of the J.C. Ames. However, the U.S. is not known for the Panel of Fayoum ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an Ancient Egyptian cemetery dated to more than 3,000 years ago containing the colorful coffin of a high priest's daughter and preserved mummies, among hundreds of other ...

INDIANAPOLIS, February 5, 2008 - The Indianapolis Museum of Art will be the first venue to host To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures from the Brooklyn Museum, which will be on view July 13 - September ...

In a remarkable archaeological find, a rare papyrus containing the ‘Book of the Dead’ has been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian cemetery. This significant discovery, which includes a 3,500-year-old ...

Egyptian excerpts and manuscripts uncover the ancient traditions about how the people mused about life and prepared for the afterlife. (Getty Museum) On Nov. 1, the Getty Villa Museum opened its new ...

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi led mourners, including a number of Egyptian and international dignitaries, during the military funeral Sunday of Nobel winning Egyptian chemist Ahmed Zewail at ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When British archaeologist Howard Carter cracked open King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, he ...