The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

The Amarna Letters contain records of ancient lords and rulers seeking to establish diplomatic ties with Egyptian pharaohs.

The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum has long been a staple of San Jose living, boasting 100,000 visitors each year — 26,000 of ...

Archaeologists in Wisconsin have unveiled a vessel-based, e-bike-like system dating back thousands of years at a local lake.

Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...

The lost city of Imet rises from the Nile Delta, with 2,500-year-old mud houses that stood like skyscrapers in ancient Egypt.

A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines have been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the ...

Art history has all but forgotten the love that sculptor Auguste Rodin had for the art of Egypt. A new exhbition in New York is fixing that.

Researchers have discovered the residues of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids and alcohol inside a 2,000-year-old mug, suggesting that ancient Egyptians imbibed hallucinogenic beverages during rituals.

Ancient Egyptians linked the Milky Way to their sky goddess, Nut. They saw different parts of Nut in the Milky Way during different seasons. Nut's outstretched arms were associated with the winter ...