At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — rusted iron shackles. It’s a chilling glimpse into the brutal conditions ...

JUST one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still stands – with the rest lost to plunder, fire, earthquakes and the ...

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SOHAG, Egypt (Reuters) - Archaeologists on Friday unveiled a well preserved and finely painted tomb thought to be from the early Ptolemaic period near the Egyptian town of Sohag. The tomb was built ...

The opening of the $1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum has revived claims that the Rosetta Stone should return to Egypt.

Appraisal: Egyptian-Ptolemaic Sculptor's Trial Piece, ca. 200 B.C.E. Watch Anthony Slayter-Ralph's appraisal of a Egyptian-Ptolemaic Sculptor's Trial Piece, ca. 200 B.C.E., in Omni Mount Washington ...

Few figures from the ancient world grip the modern imagination as powerfully as Alexander the Great and Cleopatra VII, the last pharaoh. They are the bookends for Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson’s new ...

Ancient statues, Roman coins and other artifacts from a sunken city were pulled from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt Thursday. The relics date back over 2,000 years. Egyptian authorities ...