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A rare Egyptian coffin image may show the Milky Way crossing the sky-goddess Nut, says a University of Portsmouth scientist.

Underneath a temple in the ancient ruined city of Taposiris Magna, archaeologists discovered a vast tunnel, referred to by ...

An interest in understanding the role that the Milky Way played in Egyptian culture and religion has led University of ...

People have traveled to Egypt for centuries in search of the tomb of Queen Nefertiti — and world-famous Egyptologist Dr. Zahi Hawass says they have narrowed down where she could be. In a TODAY ...

Viking has announced that its newest Nile River ship, the 82-guest Viking Amun, has reached a significant maritime milestone.

Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...

The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in ...

Viking® ( has announced its newest ship for the Nile River—the 82-guest Viking Amun—was “floated out,” marking a major ...

The goings-on at Ramesseum Temple near Luxor, Egypt, were far more in-depth than ... and Sorbonne University—excavated 2,500-year-old tombs at the Ramesseum, unveiling a wide window into the ...

Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists working at Abydos, an archaeological site in an ancient city, discovered a new tomb. Credit: Siri Challa Penn researchers, working in conjunction with Egyptian ...

CAIRO, April 18 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian archaeological mission has discovered a tomb dating back more than 4,000 years at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...