New find of 225 ushabti statues in Egypt may identify Pharaoh Sheshonq III’s sarcophagus and rewrite Third Intermediate ...

About 3,300 years ago, in the early 13th century B.C., an Egyptian statue was made. It was carved from granite and contained ...

The mystery of an "impossible" ancient Egyptian sculpture depicting two individuals, one of them a pharaoh, may now be solved, according to a researcher. Not everyone agrees with the new assessment, ...

French and Egyptian archaeologists exploring ancient Egypt's Tanis necropolis found a puzzling body in the tomb of a king.

A section of a limestone statue of Ramses II unearthed by an Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission in El Ashmunein CAIRO (Reuters) - A joint Egyptian-U.S. archaeological mission has uncovered the upper ...

A middle-aged woman continuously shed tears before the golden mask of a boy pharaoh excavated from the darkness 3,300 years ...

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From whichever angle you approach Ramses II, the 13th century B.C.E pharaoh earns his epithet: the Great. His 67-year reign stands as the second longest in Egyptian history. Bold in both war and peace ...

On Nov. 26, 1922, the world of archeology scored the motherlode with the finding of King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt. Archaeologist Howard Carter beat the odds and discovered the mostly-untouched tomb ...

The identities of a pharaoh and a nonroyal person in an "impossible" statue may have finally been deciphered. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt welcomed home a 3,400-year-old statue depicting the head of King Ramses II after it was stolen and smuggled out of the country more than three decades ago, the country's ...