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Giant sarcophagus leads to tomb of previously forgotten dynasty`s pharaoh

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:07

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of a previously unknown pharaoh: Woseribre Senebkay - and the first material proof of a forgotten Abydos Dynasty, ca. 1650-1600 BC.

`Tomb raiders` `prove` Great Pyramids are 20,000 years old

Last Updated: Saturday, November 30, 2013, 19:16

Two German students, who stole into the Great Pyramid and scraped away some ancient writing, claimed that the Great Pyramids are 20,000 years old.

Life-size statue of Egyptian pharaoh uncovered

Last Updated: Friday, October 4, 2013, 09:11

A life-size statue of the nineteenth dynasty Egyptian pharaoh, Ramses II, was unearthed in the Nile delta town of Tel-Basta Thursday, media reported.

Rally against looting ancient Egyptian necropolis

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 11:25

Egyptian youths have protested at a key historic site, demanding that authorities put a stop to looting and construction that threatens one of the nation`s oldest pyramids and burial grounds.

Builders of Giza pyramids `ate more than 4,000 pounds of meat everyday`

Last Updated: Thursday, April 25, 2013, 15:37

The builders of the famous Giza pyramids feasted on food from a massive catering-type operation, the remains of which scientists have discovered at a workers` town near the pyramids.

Oldest pharaoh carvings discovered near Nile River

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 19:45

Researchers believe the oldest-known representations of a pharaoh are carved on rocks near the Nile River in southern Egypt.

Did King Tutankhamen die of disease that gave him breasts?

Last Updated: Friday, September 14, 2012, 09:23

Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen probably suffered from an inheritable form of temporal lobe epilepsy that gave him abnormally large breasts, according to a leading daily.

Hong Kong dentist to help check pharaoh`s cavity

Last Updated: Friday, March 9, 2012, 15:07

A Hong Kong dentist is wielding forceps to help reach for answers inside the last surviving example of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Great Pyramid of Giza.