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Ceremonial Horse Burial Discovered Inside a 3,200-Year-Old Egyptian Fortress
A carefully buried horse, grain still resting inside storage vessels and ovens once used to feed a military community have emerged from an ancient Egyptian fortress on the western edge of the Nile Delta. Together, the discoveries offer an unusually intimate view of life behind the walls of a New Kingdom border outpost. The Egyptian…
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4,300-Year-Old Saqqara Tomb Preserves the Careers of a Father and Son
A 4,300-year-old Saqqara tomb has brought the careers of two Egyptian officials back into view. One managed agricultural records and offerings; the other rose to become a judge responsible for courts, petitions and complaints. The adjoining funerary chapels belonged to Yunmin and his father, Iti, who served the Egyptian state during the late Fifth Dynasty.…
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Old Kingdom Tomb of High-Ranking Royal Official Found at Saqqara Reveals a Necropolis Reused Across Eras
Archaeologists at Saqqara have uncovered the Old Kingdom tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian official named Sekhentiu-Ptah, together with part of his funerary chapel, an inscribed false door and a group of alabaster ritual objects still preserved in their original setting. The excavation also exposed a network of burial shafts containing later human burials, painted funerary…
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Ramesses II Inscription Offers New Clue to Egypt’s Lost City of Mesen
A massive sandstone lintel inscribed with the name of a long-lost ancient Egyptian city has emerged from excavations at Tell Abu Saifi, offering archaeologists one of their strongest clues yet to the possible location of Mesen. The discovery was made near East Qantara in Egypt’s Ismailia Governorate, where an Egyptian archaeological mission is investigating a…
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More Than 5,500-Year-Old Graves and a Hyksos-Era Settlement Unearthed in Egypt’s Nile Delta
Archaeologists excavating a site in Egypt’s eastern Nile Delta have uncovered evidence of communities that lived and buried their dead there across more than five millennia, from the Predynastic Period to Ptolemaic Egypt. The discoveries at Kom El-Khelgan in Dakahlia Governorate include graves dating back more than 5,500 years, a settlement from the Second Intermediate…
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Egypt’s 5,000-Year-Old Sabu Disk Still Defies a Clear Explanation
The Sabu Disk was carved in Egypt more than 5,000 years ago, yet its original purpose remains unknown. With its broad circular body, three curved lobes and raised central opening, the stone object has no securely identified parallel from the same period. Its unusual geometry has led to comparisons with propellers, turbines and mechanical rotors.…
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4,000-Year-Old Bones Suggest Egyptian Princesses Trained with Bows and Daggers
Nearly 4,000 years ago, Egyptian princesses trained with bows and daggers, a new study of skeletal remains from Dahshur suggests. The women were buried with bows, arrows, maces and decorated daggers—objects long debated as either personal weapons or symbols of royal rank. The new analysis indicates that the answer may be both. Pronounced muscle attachment…
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Hyksos-Era Settlement with Tombs, Kilns and Scarabs Unearthed in Egypt’s Ismailia
Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a Hyksos-era settlement and cemetery complex at Tell el-Koa in Ismailia, adding new evidence for how communities lived, worked and buried their dead in the eastern Nile Delta during the Second Intermediate Period. The discovery was made by an Egyptian archaeological mission working in the Wadi Tumilat area, a natural corridor…
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5,000-Year-Old Tombs Found in Minya May Reveal an Early Step Toward Egypt’s Pyramids
Before the first pyramids appeared, Egyptian builders were already experimenting with stone tombs that demanded careful control of weight, balance, and stability. Archaeologists at Jabal al-Tayr in Egypt’s Minya Governorate have uncovered two Early Dynastic tombs, along with burials dating to the Predynastic period and the Late Period. Announced by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and…