Archaeologists excavated an ancient tomb in Al Bahnasa and uncovered mummies with golden tongues, amulets and wall paintings, photos show. Photo from Egypt ... the Ptolemaic period, an ancient ...

Peering into an underground cavern in central Egypt, archaeologists came face-to-face with dozens of dusty ancient mummies and knew they’d uncovered something significant. Photos show some of ...

Recent excavations at Taposiris Magna near Alexandria have uncovered a marble bust of a woman believed to be the 'true face' of Cleopatra.

Archaeologists have discovered a white marble statue of a woman at an ancient Egyptian temple ... Hawass observed it seems to be from the Roman period in Egypt, which began in 30 BC, much after ...

CAIRO, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- A joint Egyptian-Spanish archaeological mission has uncovered several Ptolemaic-period (332-30 BC) tombs in Al-Bahnasa archeological site in southern Egypt's Minya ...

The main temple at the ancient city of Taposiris Magna has been suggested as the possible resting place of Cleopatra VII.

NOVA: There have been claims that a great civilization predates ancient dynastic Egypt—one that existed some 10,500 years B.C.—and that this civilization was responsible for building the ...

Egypt has been a tourist destination for hundreds of years. But once the Suez Canal was completed in 1869 and Egyptology became popular, tourism skyrocketed. Here's what it was like to visit the ...

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing ...