Discover interesting facts about ancient Egypt's pyramids, mummies and pharaohs.

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.

Archaeologists discovered ancient docks and artifacts from a submerged 2,000-year-old city believed to be an extension of ...

Animal mummification in ancient Egypt was a carefully organized practice that connected spiritual beliefs with economic activity. This wasn’t a rare or occasional ritual but a large, sustained ...

The hat is believed to be between 2,100 and 2,400 years old, dating to either the Greek or Roman period of Egyptian history.

Several large sculptures were among the trove of artifacts that divers recovered from the waters near Alexandria, Egypt.

Carvings in a turquoise mine from around 1800 BC appear to mention a wise man named Moses. But scholars are skeptical that it ...

Egypt’s rulers say they fear the effects of climate change on their society. They have good reason to worry: Their ancient predecessors were probably toppled at least in part by similar climate ...

Thousands of ram skulls were unearthed in an ancient Egyptian pharaoh's temple in one of the country's oldest, most significant cities of its time.