An Egyptian mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has uncovered a group of rock-cut tombs dating back to the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered rock-cut tombs dating back to the Old Kingdom in Aswan, Egypt, revealing pottery vessels and jewelry.

Evidence suggests that the tomb complex was used by ancient Egyptians across centuries, starting during the Old Kingdom.

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic ...

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the discovery of a group of rock-cut tombs dating back to the Old Kingdom, containing burial shafts and chambers, during the current excavation ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.

The Nile nourishes a green band stretching through the desert, from the heart of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. Along its ...

A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested. Researchers at Newcastle University, and the Academy of Fine Arts, ...

Ancient Egypt is known for recycling stone in later dynasties, but this episode argues the shock is that recycling was already happening in the Old Kingdom itself. That implies some precision stone ...

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum.

Archaeologists in Saqqara are amazed today by the discovery of a 4,300-year-old mummy covered in gold that has been found intact in Egypt.