An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link For millennia, ancient Egyptians were laid to rest in burial shafts under Saqqara, a city of the dead in the desert south of modern-day Cairo. But ...

Egyptian antiquities officials on Saturday announced the discovery of at least 100 ancient coffins, some with mummies inside, and around 40 gilded statues in a vast Pharaonic necropolis south of Cairo ...

A priceless ancient Egyptian wall painting has been stolen from Saqqara’s Khenti-Ka tomb, prompting a major investigation by ...

The New Kingdom Tomb of Queen Neith, along with a cache of 300 coffins and 100 mummies, was unearthed at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara. Egyptologist Zahi Hawass with one the newly discovered ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered five well-preserved and colorfully decorated tombs, dating to around 4,200 years ago, that were dug beside a pyramid at Saqqara, the Egyptian Ministry of ...

Archaeologists in present-day Egypt recently discovered a trove of artifacts, dating back some 2,500 years ago. The find includes 250 sarcophagi – which contain mummified remains – and 150 bronze ...

COVID Egypt reveals 59 ancient coffins found near Saqqara pyramids, many with mummies inside The sarcophagi have been displayed and one of them was opened before reporters to show the mummy inside. A ...

Just weeks after a pharaoh's 3,000-year-old bracelet was stolen, officials in Egypt say an even older piece of art has vanished from a tomb wall.

SAQQARA, Egypt — Illuminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian laborers used crowbars and picks Wednesday to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposing — for the first ...

Twenty miles south of Cairo, on the Nile's west bank, where riverfed crop fields give way to desert, the ancient site of Saqqara is marked by crumbling pyramids that emerge from the sand like dragon's ...