Ancient Egyptian kings were determined not to arrive in the afterlife empty-handed. But a pyramid is a fairly conspicuous place to bury treasure, and, in some cases, tombs were looted more or less ...

Many of the tombs featured a range of artifacts that could redefine what scholars know about ancient Egypt. Archaeologists uncovered parts of Queen Hatshepsut’s Valley Temple from the Middle ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Amelia Blanford Edwards was one of a stream of European travelers drawn to see the wonders of Egypt ...

Archaeologists in Egypt ... Userkaf pyramid complex. Three of them held cats. Reuters Further work at the site in Saqqara is planned. Archaeologists found the door to another tomb that remains ...

with a spread of minarets and no skyscrapers Serene desert landscapes and a treasure trove of pyramid tombs still being discovered; this was Egypt a century ago, as a selection of fascinating ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Egypt is investigating a video which appears to show a Danish couple scaling the Great Pyramid and posing naked.

Inscriptions on his tomb suggest that Teti Neb Fu was famous in ancient Egypt and had a number of titles. These include "chief doctor of the palace" as well as "priest and magician" of the goddess ...

The tomb belonged to Teti Neb Fu ... 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 ...

This is where our history of Egypt begins, in the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Giza ... were used to build an eternal tomb for a divine king. Five thousand years ago, the fourth dynasty of ...

in any place to predate the Egyptian civilization more than 5,000 years ago. NOVA: What evidence do you have that the pyramids and tombs at Giza were from, as you say, no more than 5,000 years ago.