Science News in Egypt

Archaeologists discover two dozen ‘gold tongues’ in Egyptian tombs

Archaeologists uncover 3,000-year-old tomb near Egypt's Luxor

The burial site was identified as belonging to a man named Paser based on inscriptions.

Prehistoric discovery in the Oregon mountains older than Egypt's Great Pyramid could rewrite human history

Artifacts found in the Oregon mountains challenge a long-held belief of human history. The discovery is also four times older than Egypt's Great Pyramid.

Egypt Unearths Lost City Hidden for 1,600 Years

KHALED DESOUKI / AFP via Getty Images The Egyptian government announced Saturday that a major archaeological find—a Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert—has been...

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in latest western desert discovery

A well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert is one of two major archaeological finds announced by Egypt on Saturday.

Égypte | Une cité perdue découverte dans le désert occidental

Une cité résidentielle de l’époque byzantine, très bien conservée, située dans le désert occidental, est l’une des deux découvertes archéologiques majeures annoncées samedi par ...

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

A well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert is one of two major archaeological finds announced by Egypt on Saturday.

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

The fourth-century residential city in the western desert is one of two major archaeological finds announced by Egypt on Saturday.

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

A well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert is one of two major archaeological finds announced by Egypt on Saturday.

15 Of The Greatest Mysteries Ever Solved

"It basically transformed our entire understanding of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and thus the history." View Entire Post ›

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

CAIRO (AP) — A well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert is one of two major archaeological finds announced by Egypt on Saturday.

Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert

A well-preserved Byzantine-era residential city in the western desert is one of two major archaeological finds announced by Egypt on Saturday.

These 5,000-Year-Old Tombs May Hold the Secret Origins of the Pyramids

Archaeologists in Egypt just cracked open two ancient tombs that nobody’s seen in millennia, and what they found inside could rewrite the story of how the pyramids came to be.

We’ve lived through a skills apocalypse before. The solution might look like a flight simulator

Roughly 2,400 years ago, Socrates warned that a dangerous new technology would hollow out the human mind. In Plato’s Phaedrus , he tells the story of the Egyptian god Theuth, wh...

Archaeologists Found the Lost ‘Book of the Dead’ Buried in an Egyptian Cemetery

They couldn’t get it on Amazon.

If You Can Actually Pass This Ancient History Trivia Quiz, You're Basically A Time Traveler

Test your knowledge of ancient civilizations, from Egypt to Rome. How well do you really know the ancient world? View Entire Post ›

Remarkable photos show human burials uncovered in Egypt that reveal centuries of changing tradition

Human and animal remains unearthed in Egypt's Nile Delta reveal changing funerary practices over some 600 years, and the evolution of a key site itself.

Ancient treasure cache discovered in biblical city from the Book of Genesis

Archaeologists have unearthed a treasure trove of funerary artifacts in Egypt that could potentially shed light on life and death in the ancient metropolis mentioned in the Bibl...

Archaeologists unearth ancient treasure cache at biblical city connected to Genesis

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient treasure at Heliopolis, the biblical city mentioned in the story of Joseph, including possible gold earrings and scarabs.

The Rosetta Stone was taken from Egypt. This artist took it back

The Rosetta Stone changed the way we understood Ancient Egypt. Now sitting in the British Museum, this artist wanted to return it home. To pull it off he needed some legal advic...