Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 52-foot-long (16 meters) papyrus containing sections from the Book of the Dead. The more than 2,000-year-old document was found within a coffin in a tomb ...

The venomous snakes described in the Brooklyn Papyrus are diverse: 37 species are listed, of which the descriptions for 13 have been lost. Today, the area of ancient Egypt is home to far fewer ...

The papyrus contains incantations written in Coptic—an Egyptian language that uses characters based on the Greek alphabet.

For the first time in a hundred years, archaeologists unearthed a 16-meter-long papyrus in an ancient Egyptian necropolis.

Experts studying fragments of Ancient Egyptian papyrus have discovered in the time of the Pharaohs scribes used advanced inks hundreds of years before they were used anywhere else. Prior to the ...

The oldest surviving papyrus is the Diary of Merer, excavated in 2012 and 2013 at Wadi al-Jarf and dating to c. 2560-2550 BCE. It documents the final years in the construction of the Great Pyramid ...

A 3,500-year-old cemetery in Egypt with 'Book of the Dead' papyrus and mummies has been uncovered, according to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Archaeologists in Saqqara found an ancient, well-preserved papyrus scroll with spells from The Book of the Dead written on it, photos show.

This Divine Art of Egypt Project started as a concept in January 2019 with the main goal of introducing contemporary Egyptian art to other cultures. It was very important for Maaraba to have a ...

Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country does today, according to a new study of a scroll.