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3,300-year-old ancient Egyptian whistle was likely used by police officer tasked with guarding the 'sacred location' of the royal tombArchaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 3,300-year-old bone whistle carved out of a cow's toe, and it may have been used by an ancient "police officer."
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2,200-year-old gold coin depicting ancient Egyptian queen discovered in JerusalemArchaeologists in Jerusalem have discovered a 2,270-year-old gold coin with Queen Berenice II of Egypt and the inscription "of the Queen," suggesting she was a powerful and influential monarch.
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Sabu Disk: A mysterious 5,000-year-old Egyptian stone sculpture that looks like a hubcapThis unique disk-shaped bowl, found in a 5,000-year-old Egyptian tomb, has puzzled archaeologists for nearly a century.
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4,000-year-old handprint discovered on ancient Egyptian tomb offeringResearchers have unveiled an ancient Egyptian handprint that was left on a soul house tomb offering 4,000 years ago.
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Ancient Egyptian rock art discovered near Aswan may be from the dawn of the first dynastyNewfound rock art from ancient Egypt may shed light on the time just before the first dynasty.
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Massive blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, an ancient wonder, hauled up from the MediterraneanFrench and Egyptian researchers are making a "digital twin" of the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt after lifting its ancient submerged blocks out of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Oldest and most complete ancient Egyptian human genome ever sequenced reveals ties to MesopotamiaIn a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had genetic ties with Mesopotamian DNA.
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'Thriving and densely-built': Archaeologists unearth 'tower' houses and ceremonial building in ancient Egyptian city of ImetExcavations in Egypt's Nile Delta have revealed ancient Egyptian multistory "tower" houses, a ceremonial building dedicated to the goddess Wadjet, a granary and several stunning artifacts.
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We finally know why Queen Hatshepsut's statues were destroyed in ancient EgyptSome of the female pharaoh's statues were "ritually deactivated," a new study finds.
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