Experts studying fragments of Ancient Egyptian papyrus have discovered in the time of the Pharaohs scribes used advanced inks hundreds of years before they were used anywhere else. Prior to the recent ...

Archaeologists in central Egypt reported finding a 43‑ to 49‑foot, well‑preserved papyrus in a New Kingdom tomb, underscoring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Here we see a photo of a section of the Book of the Dead. Hieroglyphics are on the bottom and illustrations of people doing ...

The cemetery dates back to The New Kingdom and is located at Tuna al-Gebel in central Egypt Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an ...

Researchers have revealed the fascinating contents of a 1,500-year-old Egyptian papyrus, which was uncovered near the pyramid of Pharaoh Senusret I in 1934. The papyrus contains formulas for prayers ...

Abdel Mobdi Moussalam, 48, cuts papyrus reeds from his land in the village of al-Qaramus in Sharqiyah province, in northern Egypt's fertile Nile Delta - Copyright AFP ...

CAIRO >> Egypt’s ministry of tourism and antiquities unveiled a renovated wing of its oldest museum Monday, home to a 16-meter-long scroll unearthed last year. The refurbishment marks the first stage ...

A 3,500-year-old cemetery in Egypt containing "Book of the Dead" papyrus and mummies has been uncovered. According to a statement from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, the cemetery ...

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 ...