The mummies were transported from the Egyptian Museum on Cairo's Tahrir Square to their new home The mummies were discovered in 1881 and 1898 in two caches in the ruins of Thebes, Egypt's ancient ...
The earliest known synthetic pigment, Egyptian blue is found in some of the paint that still colors ancient statues, coffins, and tomb walls. Modern scientists were intrigued by this long-lasting ...
King Tutankhamun, affectionately known as King Tut, remains one of the most captivating figures in ancient Egyptian history. Despite his short reign, his tomb's discovery in 1922 revealed a treasure ...
The first-ever example of an ancient Egyptian petroglyph depicting a zodiac sign has been discovered at a rock art site on ...