The four clay troughs were initially thought to have served as stands for gold-plated staffs. Now, a researcher has presented ...

The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

The discoveries include gold-plated beads ... Egypt. The artifacts—including golden rings, ornaments, beads and a small statue depicting three ancient Egyptian gods—date back to ancient ...

death to his subjects, 1224 B.C. The ancient Egyptians ... be “called into being.” Egyptian artifacts are therefore something special. Once interpreted, they possess the visual power to ...

Of course, it would not be a collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts without mummies. Those on view at the Grand Egyptian Museum include a 4,000 year old preserved crocodile, the gold-plated ...

The ancient Egyptians sure loved gold, and it seems they saw human suffering as a small price to pay for the precious metal. New discoveries at a 2,300-year-old gold mine reveal that some workers ...

A treasure, including gold jewelry and statues ... and divine origin. The artifacts also display the level of sophistication that prevailed in ancient Egyptian craftsmanship.