Archaeologists discovered an additional 30-plus ancient Egyptian ... discovered outside of official channels—read: during illegal excavations—the government stepped in and took control.

After the pharaoh the next most important people in society were government officials, nobles and high priests. But most Ancient Egyptians were just ordinary people who did all sorts of different ...

Egyptian officials have not commented ... The event prompted an Egyptian MP to ask the government what it was doing to "confront the distortion of Egyptian civilization". The museum also said ...