The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?

Ballard and his team worked with the Egyptian Navy to conduct a sonar survey of ... Do you have a question about ancient Egypt? Let us know via [email protected].

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...

Khentika’s tomb is a mastaba, one of the few in Egypt to have a curse inscribed on its facade. Mastabas were rectangular, ...

A carved-out cow bone found in Egypt is actually an ancient whistle, once used by an Egyptian “police officer.” This officer didn’t use the whistle to direct traffic, though. He was guarding a royal ...

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

The expansive ruins of Karnak Temple provide an unprecedented window into ancient Egypt. After decades of archaeological ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 3,500-year-old military fortress with a zigzag-style wall in the north Sinai Desert of Egypt ...

“I found the statue hidden under the sand, and nearby was a false door inscribed with the name ‘Messi,’” Hawass wrote in an ...

The large relief is one of only two known pieces of art that depict illustrations of the seasons. Now it’s gone.