Archaeologists have just uncovered the first known funeral home from ancient Egypt. The complex included a mummification workshop, which was designed with a ventilation system to keep air circulating ...

A joint French-Swiss archaeological mission discovered a 4,000-year-old mudbrick mastaba tomb belonging to Teti Neb Fu, a royal physician from the reign of Pharaoh Pepi II, at the Saqqara ...

Footage shared by the ministry showed colorful sarcophagi decorated with ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, as well as other artifacts the ministry said were found in the two wells. The Saqqara ...

Saqqara is the site of the first Egyptian pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, erected 4,700 years ago. Though Saqqara has long been a popular excavation site for archaeologists, this most recent ...

The Saqqara archaeological site, one of Egypt’s most historically significant locations, continues to reveal remarkable secrets that provide valuable insights into the history of this iconic area.

The necropolis of Saqqara, an Egyptian archaeological gem, reveals a new surprise. A 4,200-year-old tomb belonging to a royal physician with multiple talents has just been uncovered by a Franco-Swiss ...

The Starving of Saqqara is a mysterious sculpture featured in a new book published by Concordia University: "Life and Death in Ancient Egypt: The Diniacopoulos Collection." Disclaimer: AAAS and ...

The contents of all three tombs will be looted. Stairway to HeavenThe step pyramid in Saqqara, south of Giza, was Egypt’s first. Built for the 3rd-dynasty pharaoh Djoser in 2650 B.C., the 204 ...

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Archaeologists in Saqqara make a dazzling discovery: a late period Egyptian coffin with a gilded mask. Now, to bring it to the surface, they use a pulley known as a "tambora," a technology that ...

believes the curse concept did exist in ancient Egypt as part of a primitive security system. She notes that some mastaba (early non-pyramid tomb) walls in Giza and Saqqara were actually inscribed ...