Underneath, they found several carvings dating back at least 2,300 years. The markings ranged from drawings of ancient Egyptian pharaohs to inscriptions. What are we learning about the past?

The Temple of Esna, a significant Egyptian archaeological site, has been undergoing extensive restoration works.

The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving’. The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods.

A rare discovery of a tomb from ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom near Luxor may hold several generations from a single family.

Like the gum of the pistachio tree, ebony was imported by the wealthiest classes in Ancient Egypt, who used it for furnishings and decorative carvings. Because it’s so rare, ebony is still ...

The ancient game called "Hounds and Jackals," also called "58 Holes," has long been thought to have originated in Egypt. An archaeological discovery recently published in the European Journal of ...

What did our ancestors think when they looked up at the night sky? All cultures ascribed special meaning to the Sun and the Moon, but what about the pearly band of light and shadow we call the Milky W ...

A few years ago, Egyptian archaeologists discovered what they thought were the ruins of an ancient Egyptian temple ... gateway at the east entrance and a carving facing east (toward the rising ...