US family returns four artifacts to Egypt, including statue head thought to depict female pharoah

The artifacts were received in Cairo on June 5 before being transferred to the Egyptian Museum for further examination, ...

Ancient Greco-Roman cemetery unearthed at archaeological site in Egypt's Nile Delta

Several painted plaster and barrel-shaped pottery coffin, among those most common coffin types in the Ptolemaic period, were ...
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5,000-Year-Old Tombs Found in Minya Rewrite the Origins of Egyptian Pyramid Architecture

An Egyptian archaeological mission has unearthed a pair of 5,000-year-old tombs in Minya Governorate that are shedding new light on the evolution of ancient Egyptian funerary architecture. The ...

Egypt's lost city of Imet rediscovered: Multi-storey tower houses and cobra goddess shrines emerge from the Nile Delta

Egypt's lost city of Imet rediscArchaeologists from the University of Manchester and the University of Sadat City in Cairo have uncovered the remains of the ancient Egyptian city of Imet in the ...

Striking trove of artefacts unearthed in Egypt including Aphrodite’s head and ancient inscriptions

Archaeologists in Egypt have announced a series of significant discoveries, including a marble head of Aphrodite, the ancient ...
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In Egypt, archaeologists uncover a monumental structure buried underground thanks to cutting-edge technology

In the Nile Delta, beneath several metres of earth, an imposing structure has just been brought to light. At Tell el-Fara’in, in northern Egypt, a team of archaeologists has identified a ...

KS2 History: Ancient Egypt - The River Nile

Explore everything you need for a KS2 history lesson on the River Nile and Ancient Egypt, including a video, downloadable resources and discussion suggestions.