Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies and statues—among other discoveries. They found a “Book of the Dead” papyrus scroll measuring over 43 feet long—a rare ...

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

Egyptian officials have released photos of an ancient scroll, the 52-foot-long (16 meters) Book of the Dead papyrus recently discovered in Saqqara.

The fully restored papyrus is on display at the Egyptian Museum of Tahrir, officials said. The artifact was first uncovered in May 2022, according to officials. The papyrus on display.

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

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

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 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 ...

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

An Egyptian worker paints on a sheet of papyrus at a workshop in El Karamous village in El-Sharkia, about 100 km (62 miles) northeast of Cairo, June 20, 2009; a study has found Egyptians used ...