But as archaeologists explore Egyptian sands and seabeds, they are rediscovering lost cities and revealing new secrets about the ancient Egyptian world. Learn some of the secrets of the recently ...

Archaeologists in the Egyptian city of Luxor have unearthed the tombs of three prominent officials from the New Kingdom ...

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by ...

LONG ago in ancient times stood a bustling Egyptian city known for its incredible temples and city ports. Situated in the Mediterranean, Thonis-Heracleion was almost forgotten forever after ...

The sacred city of Abydos is one of the oldest and most important sites of ancient Egypt, according to the World Monuments Fund, which works to conserve key structures in partnership with the ...

They were the most important buildings in ancient Egypt - cities like Amarna were built around a central temple, with roads radiating outwards. Hatshepsut began the trend by building a magnificent ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

Ancient Egyptian: No, which is a shame as record keeping, organisation and planning are key to any successful civilisation. Civilisation A society of people who live in cities and share ways of ...

And so the discovery in 2011 of the bones of a dozen right hands, at a site where the ancient Egyptian city of Avaris (today known as Tell el-Dab’a) once stood, was particularly unsettling.