There may actually be two groundbreaking finds hidden under the sand.

Explore everything you need for a KS2 history lesson on the River Nile and Ancient Egypt, including a video, downloadable resources and discussion suggestions.

Researchers in Egypt have discovered a massive trove of what amount to ancient notepads. The 43,000 ostraca—sherds of broken ...

The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they stop being used?

Archaeologists working in Egypt's Nile Delta may have discovered a tomb or temple dating back around 2,600 years while ...

Over the past two decades, more than 43,000 inscribed shards of pottery known as ostraca have been uncovered in Athribis, ...

The sarcophagi inhabitants’ actual names are unknown, but these “chantresses of Amun” served a god whose cult ran strong even ...

While preparing a papyrus for the museum’s upcoming “Made in Ancient Egypt” exhibit, conservators noticed a thick white ...

Most tourists visit Florence for the Renaissance art, but tucked away in the shadows of the Medici palaces lies a world-class ...

From first-century artefacts to ancient Egyptian sculpture, the Paris gallery deals in some of the world’s rarest and most ...