Egypt: 1,400-year-old manuscript discovered
A palimpsest containing an ancient medical treatise beneath biblical text has been discovered by the monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery in South Sinai, according to…
Ancient Egypt
Wooden prosthetic from Ancient Egypt – Video
What is the oldest prosthetic body part in history? Probably a wooden toe from ancient Egypt, archaeologists say. And it can teach us a lot…
DNA Scanned: Egyptians were not African
Genetic analysis reveals a close relationship with Middle Easterners, not central Africans. The tombs of ancient Egypt have yielded golden collars and ivory bracelets, but…
17 mummies discovered in ancient Egyptian tomb – Photo
Egyptian archeologists discovered 17 new mummies in the central part of the country in one of the largest finds in recent history, the government announced…
Egypt: Burial chamber of a ‘Pharaoh’s daughter’ with organs found – Photos
Egyptian officials have uncovered a 3,700-year-old burial chamber containing the remains of a ‘Pharaoh’s daughter’. The royal burial chamber was found near to a recently…
Tomb of the nobleman from more than 3,000 years ago discovered near Egypt’s valley of the Kings – Video
Egypt unveiled a massive granite statue of Ramses II on Tuesday after finishing its restoration. When discovered between 1958 and 1960, the destroyed statue of…
2,000-year-old mummy shroud found in museum storage – Video
Museum curators in Scotland have discovered a piece of Egyptian history — and they found it inside a crumpled up paper bag. CBS News’ Jonathan…
Cairo: Statue of Ramses II has been unearthed at a slum
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a massive statue in a Cairo slum which is thought to be of Pharaoh Ramses II, one of the country’s…
Statue of Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III was dug in ancient mortuary temple – Photos
Archaeologists with the Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project have unearthed a stunning black granite statue representing Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III seating…
And again Will Smith. He snaps selfie with Tutankhamen
Photos published by Egypt’s tourism ministry official Walid al-Batouty showed Smith touring the Egyptian National Museum in Cairo, as he took pictures with the glorious…