Archaeologists in Saqqara make a dazzling discovery: a late period Egyptian coffin with a gilded mask. Now, to bring it to the surface, they use a pulley known as a "tambora," a technology that ...

Archaeologists have discovered ancient tombs and Egypt’s first known temple school, the "House of Life," at Luxor’s Ramseum ...

The treasures will go on display at the Grand Egyptian Museum near Cairo Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los Angeles Bureau as a writer ...

Tutankhamun ruled ancient Egypt shortly after a period of religious instability, and objects from his tomb suggest he took ...

Tutankhamen, often referred to now as King Tut, is the most well-known of Egypt’s pharaohs due to the 20th century discovery of his remarkable tomb. Inside a stone sarcophagus were three more ...

Centuries after the first golden coffins were taken to Europe, ancient Egyptian mummies still vividly capture people’s imaginations. Perhaps we’re awed by the grandeur of their rituals and tradition.

Harco WillemsFragments from a Book of Two Ways discovered on the coffin of a woman named Ankh inside the necropolis of Deir ...

Seven institutions in Egypt will loan more than 200 works to the Hong Kong Palace Museum later this year for a blockbuster ...