Archaeologists uncovered a 3,600-year-old royal tomb at Abydos that may belong to a forgotten pharaoh from a debated Egyptian dynasty.

Behind the Temple of Seti I at Abydos sits the Osirion, a subterranean megalithic structure built from massive granite blocks and quartzite walls that feel completely out of place in dynastic Egypt.

In a November 24 post on the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry Facebook page, Dr. Mahmoud Afifi said that the ancient city dates back to the Early Dynastic Period, more than 4,500 years ago. The size of ...

It’s (ancient) Miller time. A group of Egyptian and American archaeologists believe they have unearthed the world’s oldest "high-production brewery" in the ancient city of Abydos, a sacred burial ...

CAIRO, March 25 (Reuters) - At least 2,000 mummified ram heads dating from the Ptolemaic period and a palatial Old Kingdom structure have been uncovered at the temple of Ramses II in the ancient city ...

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“From Cairo, it’s only about three hundred miles to Abydos, in Upper Egypt,” begins Peter Hessler’s article about the current state of Egyptian archeology, “The Buried,” in this week’s issue of the ...

At least 2,000 mummified ram heads dating from the Ptolemaic period and a palatial Old Kingdom structure have been uncovered at the temple of Ramses II in the ancient city of Abydos in southern Egypt, ...