Cairo — Archaeologists have announced the discovery of more than 2,000 rams' heads at the temple of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II — a find that the man in charge of the dig said surprised ...

Abydos has drawn pharaohs and pilgrims for millennia as Egypt's holiest burial ground, where proximity to Osiris promised divine favor in the afterlife. Excavators recently broke through sealed ...

In a November 24 post on the Egyptian Antiquities Ministry Facebook page, Dr. Mahmoud Afifi said that the ancient city dates back to the Early Dynastic Period, more than 4,500 years ago. The size of ...

CAIRO, March 25 (Reuters) - At least 2,000 mummified ram heads dating from the Ptolemaic period and a palatial Old Kingdom structure have been uncovered at the temple of Ramses II in the ancient city ...

Zahi Hawass writes about the ancient Egyptian site of Abydos and how it became known as the “land of sacred sands” The sacred site of Abydos lies in Middle Egypt, midway between the crowded streets of ...

Hisham El-Leithy, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), said the work was carried out under the supervision of the SCA, with specialists reassembling the statue’s face and ...