In January, Egypt made several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts ...

Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex. The tombs of three ...

Is this another piece of royal propaganda, or a secret code for the elite? Well, it's all a matter of perspective.

When we think of ancient Egypt, we often imagine huge pyramids, gold-laden tombs, and grand temples. But beyond the monumental and the majestic everyday life, ancient Egypt was also full of ...

A 40-mile stretch of a long-gone branch of the Nile may explain why the ancient monuments were built where they were. Children ride a donkey near the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt.

Leave historians and researchers to grapple with those questions. You can just sit back and enjoy these 15 images of ancient Egypt from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest.

When the Nile flooded, Egyptians celebrated ... songs inscribed in hieroglyphics at Luxor reveal the words chanted by priests and priestesses. These songs seem to be very ancient since fragments ...

In his study, Dr. Graur reviewed 125 images of the sky-goddess Nut (pronounced "Noot"), found among 555 ancient Egyptian coffins dating back nearly 5,000 years. Combining astronomy with Egyptology ...

Depictions of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess found on tombs and coffins dating back almost 5,000 years may represent a key feature of the Milky Way. After analyzing hundreds of images of the ...