I am the eighth generation here,” says Ahmed Ali Mohammed Elhofni, standing amid pale stone dust in his family-owned ...

Reliefs of decans (left), Esna, Egypt; Sagittarius relief (center) before restoration, Esna, Egypt; Sagittarius relief (right) after restoration, Esna, Egypt For centuries, layers of soot have coated ...

The most recent excavation, 10 miles south of Cairo, builds off work at a so-called sun temple that began in 2021.

More than two centuries after it unlocked the language of the ancient Egyptians, the Rosetta Stone remains at the centre of an unresolved global debate, as renewed calls grow louder for its ...

A new and important archaeological discovery comes from Egypt, where an Italian mission is bringing to light the remains of ...

We walk you through the incestuous, murderous, and surprisingly relatable world of Egyptian deities at The Met.

An enormous ancient Egyptian sun temple from the Fifth Dynasty has been excavated by an Italian archaeological team.

Arthur Evans, the archaeologist who excavated the ancient Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete, exported artifacts he discovered back to Britain.

Archeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Egyptian temple where visitors would sky-gaze while on the roof.

For centuries, hieroglyphs have helped historians piece together the beliefs, rituals, and everyday lives of ancient ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Long before modern billionaires threw lavish parties at sea on their superyachts, the wealthy elite of ancient Egypt traversed the river Nile in luxury on their pleasure barges. Now, for the first ...