Egyptian archaeologists work at an ancient burial ground in Saqqara, dating back to 2,700 B.C., where a 4,300-year-old pyramid has been discovered at the Saqqara necropolis. It was first built for ...

Ancient Egypt was ruled for millennia by a series of pharaohs. Historians have broken up this period into dynasties, in which the rulers were either related to one another or derived power from a ...

King Djoser (Old Kingdom, 3rd dynasty) -- Hesy-Ra at the dining table (Old Kingdom, 3rd dynasty) -- The geese of Meidum (Old Kingdom, 4th dynasty) -- The seated scribe (Old Kingdom, 4th dynasty) -- ...

A trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds, an official with the country’s ...

Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx around 2,500 BC – around a thousand years before the Hyksos Dynasty. Around 1638 BC, a foreign dynasty ruled in Egypt for the first ...

A mysterious dynasty of foreigners may not have invaded and taken control of ancient Egypt as was long thought. Rather, the ethnic group known as the Hyksos seems to have seized power from within ...

CAIRO — A trove of artifacts from Egypt’s last dynasty has been discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds, an official with the country’s ...

This image provided by Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, shows artifacts which were discovered inside tombs at the Tell al-Deir necropolis, in the Nile Delta town of Damietta, about 125 miles ...