Abydos has drawn pharaohs and pilgrims for millennia as Egypt's holiest burial ground, where proximity to Osiris promised ...
The monumental, square tomb complex of queen Meret-Neith in Abydos, Egypt. New excavations of the ancient Egyptian queen Meret-Neith's tomb have yielded riches, suggesting she may have been Egypt's ...
In a November 24 post on the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry Facebook page, Dr. Mahmoud Afifi said that the ancient city dates back to the Early Dynastic Period, more than 4,500 years ago. The size of ...
Archaeologists excavating in Abydos, Egypt, have unearthed an extraordinary tomb dating back more than 3,600 years—yet the pharaoh once buried within remains unidentified. Although looters likely ...
CAIRO, March 25 (Reuters) - At least 2,000 mummified ram heads dating from the Ptolemaic period and a palatial Old Kingdom structure have been uncovered at the temple of Ramses II in the ancient city ...
Archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania were investigating Abydos, one of Egypt's most ancient cities, when they found a 3,600-year-old royal tomb. From its location near the Mount Anubis ...
CAIRO – American and Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed what could be the oldest known beer factory at one of the most prominent archaeological sites of ancient Egypt, a top antiquities official ...