Nearly 160 years ago, Auguste Mariette was exploring the Western Desert in Egypt when he came across a partially uncovered ...
Residents of Cairo’s working-class neighborhoods have watched as their homes, green spaces, archaeological sites, and beloved cultural spaces are wiped from the face of the city as part of the ...
The demolition of tombs in Cairo’s City of the Dead has sparked dismay among some Cairenes. A historic enclave that has born witness to the city’s cultural richness for centuries, Cairo’s so ...
A worker stands inside the southern cemetery of King Djoser, after its restoration, near the famed Step Pyramid, in Saqqara, south of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) ...
SCIENTISTS have found what's been dubbed "the scent of eternity" in two jars taken from an Ancient Egyptian tomb. The special concoction has four ingredients that you might be familiar with.
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly inaugurated Ben Ezra Synagogue in Cairo on Thursday, according to a statement made by the Egyptian cabinet. The synagogue, which is one of the oldest in ...
In 1900 – some 22 years before he discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen – British archaeologist Howard Carter opened another tomb in the Valley of the Kings. In tomb KV42, Carter found the remains of a ...
Egypt has announced the discovery of an ancient necropolis near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo. The large cemetery is located north of the Tuna al-Gabal area, a vast archaeological ...
His independent means as the son of a wealthy banker enabled Alexander Henry Rhind (1833–63) to devote his short life to antiquarianism. While reading for the Scottish bar, he studied and investigated ...
