Here, the upper part of the Egyptian carving, showing the hieroglyph of Amun (top left); the hieroglyph and the god's face were hacked out on orders of pharaoh Akhenaten (reign 1353-1336 B.C) and ...

The temple walls' reliefs were restored to reveal colorful paint that decorated carvings of Egyptian gods. Martin Stadler / University of Würzburg Egypt’s second-largest ancient temple is ...

The excavation of two Egyptian tombs dating to the Roman period, between 29 B.C.E. and 641 C.E., just unveiled a wealth of ...

A LARGE gateway dating back 2,100 years has been unearthed by archaeologists in an ancient Egyptian town. The secretive entrance, found in the historic town of Athribis, near the modern city of Soh… ...

The carvings were found in a part of Aswan that was flooded when the Aswan High Dam was constructed in the 1960s. Though many archaeological finds and monuments were saved before the dam’s ...

While searching the Nile River, a team of Egyptian and French archaeologists has discovered carvings, paintings and miniatures depicting ancient pharaohs. The underwater expedition took place near ...

Find out with our fun Ancient Egypt games and ... which comes from a Greek word meaning ‘sacred carving ... The ancient Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs had been invented by the gods.

Scuba divers found several 2,300-year-old rock carvings linked to Egyptian pharaohs under the Nile River, archaeologists said and photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and ...

During a turbulent period in ancient Egypt, common people turned to animal mummies to petition the gods, inspiring the rise of a massive religious industry A shrew mummy (top), found at an animal ...

Here, the upper part of the Egyptian carving, showing the hieroglyph of Amun (top left); the hieroglyph and the god's face were hacked out on orders of pharaoh Akhenaten (reign 1353-1336 B.C) and ...

A newly discovered Egyptian carving, which dates back more than 3,300 years, bears the scars of a religious revolution that upended the ancient civilization.