The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in the afterlife, researchers say.

In December and January, a team of American and Egyptian archaeologists excavated the roughly 3,600-year-old tomb near the Abydos archaeological site, on the edge of the desert west of the Nile ...

Yet this was no luxurious family tomb, as might have been ... into a period late in ancient Egyptian history when Saqqara was at the center of a national revival in pharaonic culture and attracted ...

Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists working at Abydos, an archaeological site in an ancient city, discovered a new tomb. Credit: Siri Challa Penn researchers, working in conjunction with Egyptian ...

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American and Egyptian archaeologists worked together on the Anubis necropolis to uncover the tomb. Photo: Josef Wegner for the Penn Museum It's difficult to imagine how long the Ancient Egyptian ...

The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in ...

A newly uncovered ancient Egyptian tomb is shedding light on royalty that once ruled the region over 3,600 years ago. Archaeologists discovered the massive limestone burial chamber, which has ...