A long-lost wood fragment from the Great Pyramid of Giza has been discovered at a Scottish university – hidden in a misplaced cigar tin bearing an ancient Egyptian flag, officials said. The fragment ...

One of only three objects ever recovered from inside Egypt's Great Pyramid, wooden artefact may shed new light on ancient structure, says University of Aberdeen Ancient cedar wood, now fragmented into ...

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The fragment of cedarwood dates back 5,000 years to the building of the pyramid at Giza. And although the relic was first discovered in the 19th century, the artefact was lost again for more than 70 ...

When we think of Egypt we think of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Standing 455 feet tall, the largest of the Giza pyramids was built by the Pharaoh Khufu in the third millennium B.C., and has been a ...

Late last year, curatorial assistant Abeer Eladany was reviewing items in the University of Aberdeen’s museum collections, when she came across an item that didn’t seem to belong. Eladany, who is ...

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The cedar piece was among the only three items taken from the Khufu Pyramid. The other two, a ball and hook, currently reside in the British Museum. It was by sheer coincidence when an Egyptian ...

One of only three objects ever recovered from inside Egypt's Great Pyramid, wooden artefact may shed new light on ancient structure, says University of Aberdeen Ancient cedar wood, now fragmented into ...

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