Egypt

The Mummy, on big screen and in oral history is a legend of revenge and retribution that is barely true, but still has a long afterlife.

The temple included a network of water infrastructure, revealing the importance of the ancient city and the Nile.

A significant archaeological discovery in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has uncovered a vast rock shelter measuring 100 metres long that served as a continual record of humankind's activities for the past 10,000 years. It is located in proximity to the ancient mining centres of Serabit el-Khadim, where researchers were able to…

Mai Soliman is ready for the biggest fight of her career, at the Great Pyramids, against Japan's Mizuki Hiruta for the super flyweight world title.

On religious festival mornings, Egyptians gather among tombs in Cairo’s City of the Dead, a four-mile medieval necropolis at the foot of the Mokattam Hills. They’re upholding a longstanding tradition of remembrance and honouring their deceased loved ones. Though you might expect this ceremony to be marked with silence, the…

The theory that East Africa is the most likely birthplace for human beings has persisted over many years. A new find, however, from a part of Egypt not extensively studied before, is raising doubts about this theory. New evidence shows that humans' earliest ancestors might have evolved over a more…

A stone slab depicting the Roman emperor Tiberius was found during restoration work at the Karnak temple complex in Luxor.

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Britain’s standing in the world was never the same after its assault on Egypt in 1956. Now the US risks repeating history in the Middle East

Egypt has once again drawn attention from the archaeological world after researchers uncovered a large monastic complex believed to be around 1,500 years old. The site sits in the Nile Delta, a region already known for layers of ancient settlement and religious history. Officials from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and…