Ancient residential city, cemetery discovered in Abydos

The head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector, Mahmoud Afify, announced Wednesday the discovery of a cemetery and a residential city dating back to 5,316 BCE, the beginning of an important dynastic period.

Egypt discovers ancient port and writings

Egypt's state minister of antiquities says a Franco-Egyptian exploration team has discovered a Red Sea port dating back about 4,500 years to Great Pyramid builder King Cheops of the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

Egypt: Archaeologists uncover world's oldest port, hieroglyphic papyri

Cairo, 11 April (AKI) - A team of archaeologists in Egypt has unearthed what is believed to be the world's most ancient harbour and precious hieroglyphic papyri dating to the third millennium BC, the government said on Thursday.

Discovery of 17th Dynasty Ancient Egyptian elite

The Djehuty Project, led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has discovered on the hill of Dra Abu el-Naga in Luxor (ancient Thebes), the burials of four individuals belonging to the elite of the 17th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, who lived about 3,550 years ago.

Restoration works and new discoveries at Tell el Amarna

Restoration works and new discoveries have characterized the current working season at Tell el Amarna, Middle Egypt. The site is currently excavated by the Amarna Project, headed by Prof. Emerit. Barry J. Kemp.

New Light Shed On Ancient Egyptian Port and Ship Graveyard

New research into Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken port-city that served as the gateway to Egypt in the first millennium BC, will be discussed at an international conference at the University of Oxford (15-17 March).

Chemical Analysis Leads to New Discoveries in Archaeological Research

From authenticating the controversial Gospel of Judas to confirming the nature of early human diets, scientists report the contributions of chemical analysis to archaeological discovery.

Curse of Tutankhamen – 90 years on

Friday 5 April 2013, marks the 90th anniversary of the death of the Egyptologist Lord Canarvon and the start of the mysterious curse of Tutankhamen, but author and University of Manchester Egyptologist Dr Joyce Tyldesley points out the real story is far from sinister.

Djehuty Project discovers significant evidence of the 17th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

The Djehuty Project, led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has discovered on the hill of Dra Abu el-Naga in Luxor (ancient Thebes), the burials of four personages belonging to the elite of the 17th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, who lived about 3.550 years ago. These findings, discovered during the 12th campaign of archeological excavations of the project, shed light on a little-known historical period in which Thebes becomes the capital of the kingdom and the empire's foundations become established with the dominance of Egypt over Palestine and Syria to the north, and over Nubia to the south.

Newly found pyramids reveal aspects of social equality in ancient Sudan

By Ian Timberlake – KHARTOUM

Three years of digging by French team at Sedeinga unearth 35 pyramids that emphasise contrast between ancient cultures of Sudan, Egypt.

One of the world's oldest sun dial dug up in Kings' Valley

During archaeological excavations in the Kings' Valley in Upper Egypt a team of researchers from the University of Basel found one of the world's oldest ancient Egyptian sun dials. The team of the Egyptological Seminar under the direction of Prof. Susanne Bickel made the significant discovery while clearing the entrance to one of the tombs.

Maritime trade thrived in Egypt, even before Alexandria

New research into Thonis-Heracleion, a sunken port-city that served as the gateway to Egypt in the first millennium BC, is being examined at an international conference at the University of Oxford. The port city, situated 6.5 kilometres off today’s coastline, was one of the biggest commercial hubs in the Mediterranean before the founding of Alexandria.

Encroachment continues on Egypt's archaeological sites, Al-Bordan

By Nevine El-Aref

Egypt antiquities police and archeologists stop illegal construction at Al-Bordan archaeological site on Alexandria-Marsa Matrouh highway, yet damages completely destruct site

Mummies Show Symptoms, Offer Disease Clues

A.R. Williams
National Geographic News

Whether laid to rest in a simple grave or a grand tomb, the human body rarely survives the sweep of time. But in a few places where people deliberately mummified their dead, or the environmental conditions were right—very dry or wet—flesh and bone are preserved.

Ancient Egyptian Cemetery Holds Proof of Hard Labor

Traci Watson
National Geographic News

Carvings on the walls of the ancient Egyptian city of Amarna depict a world of plenty. Oxen are fattened in a cattle yard. Storehouses bulge with grain and fish. Musicians serenade the pharaoh as he feasts on meat at a banquet.

Pyramid belonging to pharaoh's vizier found

By AFP, Published Thursday, February 21, 2013

A pyramid that dates back more than 3,000 years and built for an advisor to King Ramses II has been discovered in Luxor, Egypt's state minister for antiquities said.

The remains of the large mudbrick pyramid -- whose original height was 15 metres (49 feet) -- was unearthed during excavations on the hill of Sheikh Abdel Qurna by a Belgian mission of the Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Universite de Liege, Mohammed Ibrahim said.

Curse of the Mummy? Could be Heart Disease

by Sam Kean on 17 November 2009, 12:00 AM
Pharaohs and their followers were revered as something close to gods, but their hearts were all too human. Cardiologists and Egyptologists have discovered strong evidence of cardiovascular disease in mummies dating as far back as 1530 B.C.E., indicating that heart troubles are not just a curse of modern humans.