Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and Mesopotamia.

The largest pyramid complex is that of Siamun, the sixth pharaoh of Egypt in the 21st Dynasty. Skeletons found in the area include those of people who did little physical activity as well as ...

Researchers have discovered what is thought to be the first known map of the night sky, written over 2,000 years ago. ... a collection of ancient texts found in Sinai, Egypt, ...

Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps. ... Though Punt was mentioned in ancient Egyptian documents, it was never identifiable on a map.

Item 1 of 3 The face of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in 1935 at Deir Elbahari near Luxor and dating to about 1500 BC during ancient Egypt?s New Kingdom period, is seen at the Egyptian ...

The 4,300-year-old mummy of an ancient Egyptian named "HqA-Sps," or Hekashepes, is seen in a 45-ton limestone sarcophagus in Saqqara, outside Cairo, Egypt, in a photo shared with CBS News by ...

Egypt discovers first royal tomb in over a century 00:35. Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient ...

Archaeologists have discovered the first physical evidence of the so-called "gold of honor" ceremony in Ancient Egypt, in which the severed hands of defeated foes were presented to the Pharaoh in ...