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

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A team of archaeologists searching for Cleopatra’s tomb uncovered a sunken ancient port off the coast of Egypt, and they believe it may be linked to the iconic queen.

A 3,600-year-old royal burial chamber, possibly the tomb of a forgotten King from the era of dynastic chaos, is discovered in ...

A study appearing in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology by Dr. Zahi Hawass and Dr. Sarah Abdoh describes a unique Egyptian ...

CEO Ahmed El-Kholy watched tourists struggle to understand hieroglyphs, so he set out to develop Manetho, an app that could ...

Serena Love does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

In ancient Egypt, did pyramids really have booby traps? Why was treasure hidden inside? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. When the ancient Egyptians built their giant pyramids, they wanted to ...

Today a desert—as far as the eye can see. However, anyone looking more closely will discover hundreds of images carved into the rock. This ancient Egyptian graffiti attests to the fact that a new ...