Egypt

Evidence preserved on papyri and ostraca as well as in graffiti indicates ancient Greek and Roman tourists visited Egypt to observe and admire the Egyptian civilization. While in ancient times people traveled—sometimes quite far—to worship, written evidence that has been...

The mysterious Djedefre pyramid, which today lays in ruins, has eluded Egyptologists for years because of its unusual staircase feature. Constructed in the Fourth Dynasty, more than four thousand years ago, the Pyramid of Djedefre is located about five miles...

The location of the entrance to Egypt's only 'floating' pyramid, named after Egyptian Pharaoh Senusret II, stumped archaeologists for more than half a century, but what was found in the nearby workers' village is the real story. Situated at El...

Egypt is renovating an ancient pyramid using granite blocks in a project that has been criticized by experts and likened to "straightening the Tower of Pisa." The granite blocks are being installed at the Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of...

When a farmer in the Gaza Strip discovered the head of a 4,500-year-old ancient goddess statue, it sparked a new interest in Canaanite history. Archaeologists dubbed it the "tear goddess" due to a tear-shaped mark under her eye, according to...

There are several ancient monuments showing that our predecessors possessed knowledge of astronomy and used it for practical purposes.

A temple of the Greek goddess Aphrodite and another for the Egyptian god Amun was found off Heracleion on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast by a team of archaeologists. The team of researchers explored the ancient port city of Thonis-Heracleion in the...

Heron of Alexandria was an ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices, mathematician, engineer, and geometer whose inventions include the first steam turbine. Heron lived during Hellenistic times in Alexandria, Egypt, which was part of the Roman Empire at the time....

Saint Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in the town of Saint Catherine, Egypt is one of the most important Christian monasteries in the world

Twenty-five locations in Egypt make up the trail that Joseph, Mary and infant Jesus followed as they fled King Herod's soldiers.