On this day, 101 years ago, archeologists unveiled the ancient Egyptian ruler King Tutankhamun after his sarcophagus was discovered in a well-hidden tomb that had been preserved for over 3,000 ...

The ancient Egyptians believed that life on earth was only part of an eternal journey that ended not in death, but in eternal ...

Throughout history, the eccentricities of the aristocracy have been a source of intrigue and bemusement. There are plenty of stories of this ilk ...

Inscriptions on his tomb suggest that Teti Neb Fu was famous in ancient Egypt and had a number of titles. These include ...

While ancient Egypt is well known for its architectural marvels ... including a beautifully painted false door and scenes of funerary offerings,” officials said. The sarcophagus found inside the tomb ...

In life, this individual was known as Tetinebefou, "conjurer of the goddess Serket,"  "director of medicinal plants," and ...

The tomb of an ancient Egyptian royal physician, who also had the role of being a magician, has been unearthed in Saqqara.

From these elaborate decorations on the sarcophagus, the team from the ... Pepi II who became king during the sixth dynasty of ancient Egypt, between roughly 2305 and 2118 BCE.

British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team of excavators opened the doors to the sarcophagus of the ruler itself.

Long fascinated by ancient Egyptian artefacts ... a trustee for the British Museum and under that guise had obtained a sarcophagus in Paris some years previously. The sarcophagus had been made ...