Egyptology

Part of an ancient Egyptian king's unique sphinx was unveiled at a dig in northern Israel on Tuesday, with researchers…

PARIS — An assassin slit the throat of Egypt's last great pharaoh at the climax of a bitter succession battle,…

On a Sunday afternoon, the garden of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square is quiet. The only people on the…

The dismantlement of an international mummy and artifact smuggling ring by US authorities in July raised alarms about the status…

The Egyptian Ministry of Culture on Wednesday announced that archaeologists had discovered a 2600-year-old burial chamber while restoring the tomb…

Zahi Hawass has never exactly been afraid of making enemies. Egypt’s 63-year-old antiquities chief (a man who cheerfully refers to himself…

Yesterday, a team of archaeologists led by Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities Zahi Hawass, discovered the…

Archaeologists in Egypt say they have discovered a headless granite statue more than 2000 years old belonging to an unidentified…

The ancient Egyptians performed transfiguration spells to breathe life into corpses, while the Opening of the Mouth ceremony allowed the…

One of the most comprehensive works published about Egypt celebrating its 200th birthday, La Description d'Egypte, on display at the…