Rock-cut tombs newly opened in southern Egypt have yielded about 160 inscribed pottery vessels and a scatter of mirrors and ...

The Eye of Horus, shown as a stylised eye pointing forward, is a well-known symbol in Egyptian culture. They were often displayed on wedjat amulets, which were protective tokens inserted into mummy ...

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Egypt discovers tombs dating back more than 4,000 years in Aswan, one of which contains 160 nearly intact pots.

Penn Museum unveiled an exhibition featuring century-old paintings of an ancient Egyptian burial ground last month. The display, which opened to the public on Feb. 28, includes artifacts and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. English archaeologist Howard Carter near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in the Valley of Kings, Egypt. Photo acquired on ...

Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They found a “Book of the Dead” papyrus scroll measuring over 43 feet long—a rare ...

(CNN) — Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex. The tombs of three prominent statesmen from the New Kingdom era (1539 to 1077 BCE) have ...