In order to tell time once the sun set, the ancient Egyptians identified 36 groups of stars in the night sky and used their positions to gauge the hour. Known as decans, each one was associated with ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a 4,500-year-old valley temple belonging to a sprawling solar complex ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian temple hidden in a cliff face. The temple dates to around 2,100 years ago and was discovered at the site of Athribis, located about 125 miles (200 ...

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of ...

The most recent excavation, 10 miles south of Cairo, builds off work at a so-called sun temple that began in 2021.

An Italian archaeological mission has discovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to an ancient Egyptian king near Cairo, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said. The temple of King Nyuserre is ...

The massive stone block weighed roughly 40,000 pounds and sat in front of a crumbling ancient temple in Egypt. When archaeologists eventually managed to move it, they revealed a forgotten section of ...

An astronomical observatory, gold tongues found in mummies, a sword inscribed with the name of pharaoh Ramesses II and a 4,500 year-old attempt to treat cancer are just some of the interesting ancient ...

Five hundred meters east of today’s Nile, in the city of ancient Thebes, rises one of Egypt’s greatest and most enduring monuments: the temple complex of Karnak. Over 3,000 years, its colossal pylons ...

Restoration work at a magnificent ancient Egyptian temple has revealed tantalizing insights into its original appearance and coloration. Alongside ongoing restoration efforts at the Temple of Edfu, a ...