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A team of Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a 3,200-year-old tomb believed to belong to a high-ranking military commander from the reign of Pharaoh Ramesses III, often considered the last great ...

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting story of her ascent from the realm of death toward the light of Re.

Even the mightiest of Egyptian pharaohs could not outrun personal grief. Ramses II, a father to over 150 children, was forced to face the unthinkable: outliving many of his own sons. In a monumental ...

Archaeologists in Ismailia Governorate found the 3,100-year-old tomb of military leader with jars, arrowheads and other artifacts, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered the tomb of a high-ranking official who served as royal treasurer, scribe, and chief ...

It’s a now-familiar story. After five years of fruitless searching, British archaeologist Howard Carter finally in November 1922 made the discovery of the ages. Beneath the debris of the tomb of ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Sifting through the sandy dirt of eastern Egypt, archaeologists found an ancient grave filled with distinctive artifacts. The treasures testified to the long-ago importance of the tomb’s occupant: an ...