A facial reconstruction was made using a 3D scan of the Egyptian man's skull. - Caroline Wilkinson, Liverpool John Moores University In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire ...

Queen Nefertiti co-ruled with Pharaoh Akhenaten, whose reign transformed ancient Egypt's religion and gender roles in the ...

Archaeologists working in Egypt have brought to light a remarkably preserved funerary papyrus that specialists are already ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

Excerpted from “Papyrus: The Plant That Changed the World: From Ancient Egypt to Today's Water Wars” The history of Egypt boggles the mind. By any standard the scale of achievement was enormous, but ...

Discover the 9 most famous Egyptian monuments. Learn about the Great Pyramid to Abu Simbel, with history, facts, and must-see ...

British archaeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon became the first souls to enter King Tutankhamen’s tomb in more than ...

A newly identified crocodile relative from Egypt pushes back the origins of the marine-hunting dyrosaurids by millions of years. The fossil, Wadisuchus kassabi, shows a mix of primitive and advanced ...

The $1 billion project faced repeated setbacks. CAIRO -- Egypt on Saturday held a glittering ceremony attended by European and Arab royals and presidents to mark the long-awaited full opening of the ...