Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

Deep in Egypt’s Eastern Desert, a working industrial pit has given way to something far older and stranger than modern ...

The Ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom (2686–2125 B.C.) produced many lasting artefacts—but little DNA has survived. Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built ...

The ancient site of Karnak is one of the most impressive places to visit in Egypt. Situated just a short distance from the Nile, this enormous temple complex was once considered to be the spiritual ...

Archaeologists recently discovered the remnants of an ancient Egyptian “pleasure boat” near the ruins of Cleopatra VII’s lost ...

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by archaeologists. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced ...

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 of ...

The most recent excavation, 10 miles south of Cairo, builds off work at a so-called sun temple that began in 2021.

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

After two decades under construction, Egypt has officially thrown open the doors to the largest archeological museum in the world, spanning 94 football fields (5.4 million sq ft or 500,000 sq m) and ...

If ancient wonders, mysterious temples and the steady flow of the Nile River are calling, a cruise on Egypt's most famous ...