The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they stop being used?

Archaeologists discovered the tomb of an unknown pharaoh from a tumultuous, war-ridden era of ancient Egypt. Now they're ...

Hamas has agreed to a new Egyptian proposal to release 5 hostages, including the American-Israeli Edan Alexander, in exchange for a renewed ceasefire, a Hamas source tells CNN. Hamas leader Khalil ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

At the entryway of the tomb, researchers discovered golden bands of hieroglyphs that likely bore ... Discovered Mohamed Abdel Badie—head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Supreme Council ...

A medical helicopter crashed in Mississippi on Monday, killing a pilot and two hospital workers on board, officials said. The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jacksonville uses the ...

There were no survivors, the University of Mississippi Medical Center said. Three people died after a medical transport helicopter crashed in Madison County, Mississippi, on Monday afternoon ...

A United Nations helicopter attempting to evacuate South Sudanese soldiers has come under fire near the town of Nasir, the UN mission (UNMISS) there said, resulting in the death of one crew member ...

An AirCare medical helicopter crashed near the Natchez Trace in Mississippi, resulting in three fatalities. The helicopter was carrying two University of Mississippi Medical Center employees and a ...

The Egyptian Army's AH-64A Appache helicopters are to be upgraded to the next-generation AH-64D configuration, Boeing said. — (AFP, Arizona) ...

By Declan Walsh Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya Gunmen attacked a United Nations helicopter on an evacuation mission in a volatile part of South Sudan on Friday, killing one crew member and injuring ...

The extraordinary care with which that Bashiri mummy was wrapped suggests this person was also of great importance in ancient Egyptian society. But the identity of the corpse remains unknown ...