Ancient Egyptians once worshipped crocodiles, offering them bread, meat and wine, and also sacrificing and mummifying them.

Thousands of ram skulls were unearthed in an ancient Egyptian pharaoh's temple in one of the country's oldest, most significant cities of its time.

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...

Egypt displayed Monday a cache of ancient artifacts dating back 2,500 years that the country’s antiquities officials revealed were recently discovered at the famed necropolis of Saqqara.

Mention ancient Egyptian art in Chicago and many people immediately think of the Field Museum’s 23 human mummies or the dramatic statue of King Tutankhamun at the University of Chicago’s ...

The mummy of an ancient Egyptian named Hekashepes represents two remarkable firsts, but it wasn't the lead scientist's favorite discovery at Saqqara this week.

The disovery of this tomb about 25 miles southwest of Cairo shows how revered magic and medicine were in Ancient Egypt. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...