A handprint dating back 4,000 years has been found on a "soul house," a type of ancient Egyptian tomb offering, which will go ...

The engraving is stylistically similar to ancient Egyptian rock panels from the protodynastic period and early first dynasty — periods that aren't well known to archaeologists.

Belgian authorities returned an approximately 2,000-year-old Egyptian sarcophagus to Egypt on Friday, after it was confiscated by police in Brussels a decade ago.

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting story of her ascent from the realm of death toward the light of Re.

The project was a collaboration with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian’s Museum Conservation Institute. Researchers Travis Olds and Lisa Haney from the Carnegie Museum examine ...

Archaeologists in Caesarea, an ancient port city located on the Mediterranean coast of modern-day Israel, have discovered a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus depicting a drinking contest between ...

Researchers Travis Olds and Lisa Haney from the Carnegie Museum examine an ancient sarcophagus that was painted with Egyptian blue pigment. PULLMAN, Wash.--A team of Washington State University ...

An artifact from Iowa State University, linked to George Washington Carver's rediscovery of Egyptian blue, was displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Scientists Just Found the First Evidence of the Milky Way on an Ancient Egyptian Sarcophagus A goddess of the sky may contain even more multitudes than previously believed.

While this is the clearest known evidence for the ancient Egyptians understanding the Milky Way, others examples have also been found to reveal the knowledge of the cosmos.