On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

When researchers examined skeletons buried in present-day Sudan, they found evidence that some had belonged to workers who ...

The Eye of Horus is frequently found in ancient Egyptian burials, particularly on wedjat amulets.

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in ...

In the second century BCE, Greek historian and geographer Agatharchides wrote about the severe working conditions of the criminals and prisoners of war who toiled in ancient Egyptian gold mines ...