Archaeologists came across an astonishing yet perplexing discovery while excavating the site of the historic tomb area in the ...

Archaeologists uncovered 59 sealed wooden sarcophagi buried for over 2,600 years at Saqqara, Egypt’s vast necropolis near ...

Archaeologists in central Egypt reported finding a 43‑ to 49‑foot, well‑preserved papyrus in a New Kingdom tomb, underscoring ...

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The pyramid of the Old Kingdom pharaoh Neferirkare is the tallest in the necropolis of Abusir, where most of the kings of Egypt’s 5th Dynasty were buried. Next to Neferirkare’s monument are the ...

Within three deep burial shafts in a section of the Saqqara necropolis known as the Area of Sacred Animals, archaeologists have unearthed 100 vividly painted wooden coffins containing the mummified ...