Every once in a while, archaeologists pull something out of the ground that makes us rethink what we thought we knew about ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

The world’s most notable archaeological discoveries in 2025 include the first pharaoh’s tomb found in over a century, a Maya ...

Archaeologists working in Egypt have brought to light a remarkably preserved funerary papyrus that specialists are already ...

The newly excavated 4,500-year-old valley temple from ancient Egypt holds a "public calendar" and a roof for astronomical ...

An overview of part of the King Nyuserre temple uncovered in Abusir. (Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism) ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the last 50 years – from secret Maya pyramids and fascinating fossils to ...

A 35-meter ancient Egyptian pleasure boat used by the elite for lavish river parties and religious processions has been discovered in the sunken royal quarter of Alexandria’s Eastern Harbor. The ...

This ancient crocodile never finished its last meal. More than 2,000 years after it died, researchers can still make out a ...

A massive Valley Temple linked to King Niuserre’s sun complex offers an insight into Fifth Dynasty worship at Abusir, Egypt ...

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

The long anticipated opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), originally slated for July, is finally going ahead this weekend. The $1 billion, 120-acre complex just outside Cairo promises to take ...