After the Great Pyramids of Giza were finished, the next pharaoh was interred in an unusual and distant structure.

The burial chamber for the unnamed ruler was found in January in a sacred city where little is known about its ancient ...

Seven institutions in Egypt will loan more than 200 works to the Hong Kong Palace Museum later this year for a blockbuster ...

100-year-old folklore and pop culture have perpetuated the myth that opening a mummy's tomb leads to certain death. Movie mummies are known for two things: fabulous riches and a nasty curse that ...

Egyptian archaeologist speaks inside the tomb of a woman named Petty who was responsible for the King's beautification and the priest of Hathor, at a recently discovered tomb at the Saqqara area ...

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 ...

Recent social media posts have raised controversy regarding the conservation condition of a newly discovered wooden statuette in Saqqara. Some users falsely alleged that Egyptologist Zahi Hawass ...

We all know what Egypt’s pyramids look like on the outside, but what do they look like on the inside? Narrow passageways, spacious chambers and steep galleries make up the bulk of the interior layouts ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the royal tomb of an unknown king who ruled the region during a tumultuous time 3,600 ...