The unbelievable discovery was made in Saqqara, a burial site for high-ranking officials of ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom, reports Euronews. The team comprising of French-Swiss archaeologists ...

Zahi Hawass describes some of the private tombs of the Old Kingdom, built in the expectation ... and priests of the cults of the ancient Egyptian kings. These necropolises, mostly consisting ...

Many of the tombs featured a range of artifacts that could redefine what scholars know about ancient Egypt. Archaeologists ... s Valley Temple from the Middle Kingdom. Archaeologists working ...

(click on the marked areas for mor information - except Near East) There is little evidence for Egyptian contact with the west in the Old Kingdom, although there are depictions of Egyptian military ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...

Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt In the southern area of the Saqqara archaeological zone, known for housing the tombs of high officials from the Egyptian Old Kingdom, a joint ...