Uncover the secrets of the Great Labyrinth of ancient Egypt! We dive into historical accounts, exploring its grandeur and the suppression of its discovery, as detailed by Herodotus and Diodorus ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids ...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a more than 3,000-year-old fortress that has been described as one of the country’s “largest and most important” at the Tell El-Kharouba archaeological site in ...

The plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt's short-lived capital city. However, a comprehensive new archaeological analysis ...

Installation view of "Divine Egypt," now open at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through January 2026 Anna-Marie Kellen / Courtesy of the Met This fall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is taking ...

Researchers studied the geologic history around the Karnak Temple near Luxor to distinguish when the famed temple could have been constructed. The team found the site was once underwater before the ...

DONALDSON TAKES A LOOK INSIDE. THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF ARTIFACT FOUND IN EXCAVATIONS IN ANCIENT EGYPT IS ACTUALLY MUMMIFIED ANIMALS. THERE WERE 7 MILLION DOGS THAT WERE MUMMIFIED, FOUND SO FAR, 4 ...

Ahmed Shawkat is a CBS News producer based in Cairo. He has worked for CBS News since 2016, prior to which he worked with several European networks including TVE, ZDF, SVT and Yle. The ...

Archaeologists have discovered a sunken ancient port off the coast of Egypt, which they believe likely served as a major maritime hub during the time of Cleopatra VII, the country's last pharaoh. The ...

History has seen many waves of Egyptomania but, until the 19th century, scholars remained baffled by the many repeated symbols and motifs wrapped around every new find, from majestic monuments to ...

Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been larger than thought. By Jenny Gross Remnants of an ancient, sunken ...

A trove of ancient statues, coins, pottery and pieces of a merchant ship has surfaced from the waters off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt. As reporters looked on, divers in wetsuits carefully ...