Yet Saqqara has remained overshadowed by the glamour of Luxor to the south, where in the second millennium B.C. pharaohs covered the walls of their tombs with depictions of the afterlife, and the ...

CAIRO -- Egypt on Thursday said it uncovered several 4,300-year-old tombs in Saqqara as it continues a series of discoveries in the ancient burial ground. The tombs date back to the Fifth and ...

Archaeologists have unveiled a 4,100-year-old tomb belonging to a physician who treated the Egyptian Pharaohs. The tomb was found in the southern part of Saqqara, Egypt, belonging to Teti Neb Fu ...

The tomb of Petahotep, city administrator and vizier of the Fifth Dynasty King Dkedkare Isesi, is the third tomb to be opened in the Saqqara Necropolis since it was discovered in 1850 by Mariette.

The tomb was found at the Saqqara archaeological site in the Giza Governorate of Egypt. The tomb belonged to a prince named “Userefre” or “Waser Ef Ra,” the son of King Userkaf.

At the Saqqara necropolis, located just southwest of Giza in Egypt, the 4,500-year-old tomb of an Egyptian prince was uncovered. Prince Waserif Re was the son of King Userkaf, who founded ancient ...

Archaeologists excavating at Saqqara Necropolis found a 4,300-year-old tomb of a poorly known prince with a unique fake door, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Archaeologists in Saqqara unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ & brick tombs, other burials & ancient mummy in Greco-Roman catacomb, photos show.

Archaeologists have uncovered a tomb belonging to an ancient Egyptian prince concealed behind a massive false granite door in the Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo. The tomb was constructed for ...

Archaeologists excavating at Saqqara Necropolis found a 4,300-year-old tomb of a poorly known prince with a unique fake door, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Archaeologists excavating at Saqqara Necropolis found a 4,300-year-old tomb of a poorly known prince with a unique fake door, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.