The incident comes weeks after another incident that shook the archaeological community: the disappearance of a gold bracelet ...

Built in 2670 BCE under Pharaoh Djoser and designed by Imhotep, the Step Pyramid at Saqqara is the world’s oldest large-scale stone monument. Standing 62 meters tall, it pioneered pyramid construction ...

The large relief was taken from the necropolis of Saqqara’s tomb of Old Kingdom royal vizier Khentika, which had been ...

The work, taken from the tomb of a vizier called Khentika, features a motif that is extremely rare in Ancient Egyptian art ...

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

In a remarkable archaeological breakthrough, a team from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has discovered a ...

Groundbreaking discoveries at Egypt's Saqqara complex have revolutionized our understanding of ancient Egyptian engineering ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "Saqqâra (Ṣaqqārah) is a large ...

While the Egyptian pyramids are the most famous, they are not the only ones; in fact, one country has even more.

A 4,000-year-old pharaonic painting has vanished from Egypt’s famed Saqqara necropolis, the latest artefact to disappear in ...

Mohamed Ismail, secretary-general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said the limestone painting was in the tomb of Khentika in the Saqqara necropolis ...