The others were carved into the rock with an above-ground structure and a well, or vertical shaft, leading into the burial chamber. Photos shared by Egyptian officials on Facebook Jan. 7 show two of ...

Archaeologists have excavated an intricately carved and painted tomb in northern Egypt, and they think the 4,100-year-old ...

The kiln tomb is filled with vibrant wall painting and inscriptions, and is believed to belong to a witch doctor who likely ...

For decades, scholars have believed that a skeleton discovered by archaeologists in the ruins of the ancient city of Ephesos ...

Egypt unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor on Wednesday, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years. They were unearthed at the causeway of Queen ...

It comes just days after the Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage, a foundation established by Egyptian ...

A 4,000-year-old tomb in Egypt once held the body of a royal magician. In that early era, he also served as a priest and a ...

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that archaeologists uncovered a 3,900-year-old burial chamber belonging to Idy, an ancient Egyptian noblewoman, in Asyut, Egypt.

Scientists thought a tomb with similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half ...

In the oldest pyramids, the burial chamber was decorated with scenes from the Egyptian Book of the Dead. A wooden coffin, depicting the dead person’s face, was placed in the burial chamber.

A partially exposed hole is visible in the one corner and likely leads into the burial chamber. A look inside one of the 4,600-year-old well-shaped tombs found at Saqqara. Photo from Egypt’s ...

War archery bows were also found inside the burial chamber, indicating that those who owned the tombs had military backgrounds and fought to liberate Egypt from the Hyksos. Not many artifacts from ...