Archaeologists found ancient jars used for holding the dead person’s organs and hundreds of statues carved to look like the ...

Photo from Getty Images / iStockphoto Standing ... dedicated to the pharaoh Ramses II, or Ramses the Great. This time, archaeologists focused on excavating the area around the main temple ruins.

Around 4,000 years ago, women in Nubia were using tumplines, a form of head strap, to carry around goods and young children.

A lifesize photo of this accompanies the Jacksonville exhibit. Ramses II’s father, Seti I, provided his son with a large harem when the boy was 8 years old. In later years, he had many ...

Mohamed Ismail Khaled said the Ramesseum was both a temple and a hub for redistributing goods, helping locals—especially ...

The heroic days of deciphering hieroglyphics and cuneiform make for great stories, but will we ever see that happen again?

CAIRO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- A joint Egyptian-French archeological mission uncovered tombs and buildings that reveal more ...

The new Egyptian Museum – officially known as The Grand Egyptian Museum – is definitely very grand, reports east Auckland ...

In Britain, archaeologists have found Iranian and Egyptian beads, Scandinavian amber items, Aegean metalwork, Cypriot and ...

I received this consolatory message, “This must make Americans and Europeans feel culturally small” triggering the Bob Marley ...

There are so many things to see in Luxor, making this one of the most dynamic cities in all of Egypt. Don't miss out on Luxor!

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic ... The most famous pharaohs are perhaps Ramesses II and Tutankhamen. But others — including ...