The Shatby Necropolis is the resting place of Alexandria's first Greek settlers and the the oldest surviving site in the Egyptian city.

Nearly 200 years on from first being erected in Place de la Concorde, a French egyptologist has found new messages in the ...

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

Archaeologists in Jordan have documented a carved inscription bearing the name of Ramesses III, an Egyptian pharaoh who ...

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

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...

Archaeologists in Egypt discover mummified crocodiles dating back over 3,000 years near Aswan. Found in sacred sites ...

During an excavation at a site believed to date back to the Greek-era near Alexandria, archaeologists uncovered a stunning ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

Archaeologists in West Texas have made an astonishing discovery which sheds light on the lives of prehistoric humans in America, Ancient Origins reported. Researchers with the Center for Big Bend ...

It is unclear what astronomical significance, if any, the Arrows had in ancient Egypt. An image of a weapon-wielding war god representing the planet Mars stands atop the fish-tailed goat Capricorn.