The four colossal statues of the Egyptian king Ramses II at the entrance to the Great Temple in Abu Simbel, near Aswan, Egypt. Osiris is one of the most easily recognised of all the Egyptian ...

The discovery of more than 1,000 decorated stone blocks on the outskirts of Hatshepsut's funerary temple above was announced on Wednesday by team leader Zahi Hawass, an Egyptian archaeologist and ...

Officials have announced a number of discoveries during excavations around the valley temple of the powerful Egyptian queen, who reigned during the 15th century B.C.E. Sarah Kuta Daily ...

Among history's most intriguing ancient cults was that of Serapis, a deity deliberately created to unite Egyptian and Greek cultures. Archaeological evidence reveals grand temples called Serapeums ...

LUXOR, Egypt, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The winter sunlight slanted across the ancient stones of the Montu Temple, casting long, ethereal shadows that danced across weathered hieroglyphs and crumbling ...

A display showcases multiple newly-unearthed artifacts, during a media event to announce new discoveries by an Egyptian archaeological mission at Queen Hatshepsut's Valley Temple in Deir El-Bahari ...

Courtesy of Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities In all, the dig was quite successful in its yield. In addition to a newly unearthed necropolis at the temple, underwater excavations of ...

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...