Upending tradition By highlighting these hidden details through an analysis done on-site, Martinez and his colleagues want to challenge traditionally established assumptions about Egyptian art.

Hidden details have been discovered in ancient Egyptian paintings using portable chemical imaging technology, researchers said in a new study published in the open journal PLOS One.

Today a desert—as far as the eye can see. However, anyone looking more closely will discover hundreds of images carved into ...

I. Egypt before the Old Kingdom -- The Predynastic Period -- Objects of the Predynastic Period -- The Archaic Period -- Objects of the Archaic Period -- II. The Old Kingdom -- The historical ...

The Roman-era temple of Esna, 60 kilometers south of Luxor in Egypt, is undergoing extensive restoration work in an Egyptian-German cooperation project. The temple proper no longer exists, but the ...

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state.

Newfound rock art from ancient Egypt may shed light on the time just before the first dynasty.

The Egyptian statue of a woman named Hel dates from around 1,300 B.C.E. and is dedicated to the gods of the city of Memphis.

Still fascinated by the “screaming woman” who died some 3,500 years ago, a different team of scientists recently used CT scans to reveal details about the mummy’s morphology, health ...

Researchers using a cutting-edge technique have discovered hidden details in Egyptian paintings that date back more than 3,000 years.