On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

Archaeologists excavating an area near Ramesseum Temple found several ancient tombs ... A joint team of Egyptian and French archaeologists returned to the Ramesseum for their 34th year of work ...

Meritaten's name means 'she who is beloved of Aten' in reference to the sun-deity whom her father, Akhenaten, worshipped. Also found were several blocks from a temple dedicated to Egyptian ...

the rising sun symbolized Ra’s creation of the world, and its path reflected his daily rebirth. Thus, representations of astronomical phenomena were fitting subjects for Egyptian temples.

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was ...

They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King ...

While studying a Greek settlement from 332BC in northern Egypt, archaeologists made a stunning discovery — a hidden mud brick ...

Then, by the time of the fourth Egyptian dynasty ... which is called "The Sun Temple." Each pharaoh of the fifth dynasty built one of these structures in addition to a pyramid, he says.

It can all be, I have to admit, rather overwhelming and I’d suggest anyone planning a Nile cruise should swot up a little on ...

but the pharaohs made their sun temple marks nonetheless. With improved calculations about paths of totality in hand, Magli was also able to decode something fascinating about another total solar ...