Between Giza and Saqqara lies a rarely visited Old Kingdom site filled with stone objects showing unmistakable signs of machining. Tube drill marks, circular saw cuts, and precision-polished surfaces ...

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Egypt’s oldest pyramid in Saqqara was the spectacular venue for a pop-up Djoser exhibition in the desert outdoors. This is no tent with a few plastic chairs, but a fully equipped travelling museum ...

Camels are seen in front of the Step Pyramid in the Saqqara necropolis, Giza, Egypt, Dec. 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen) Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2025 shows the Step Pyramid in the Saqqara necropolis, ...

SAQQARA, Egypt — Illuminated only by torches and camera lights, Egyptian laborers used crowbars and picks Wednesday to lift the lid off a 2,600-year-old limestone sarcophagus, exposing — for the first ...

Located approximately 40 kilometers southwest of Cairo, Saqqara is one of the most important cemeteries of Memphis. Memphis was one of the most strategically important cities in ancient Egyptian ...

Cairo — A rare 4,000-year-old limestone relief has vanished from a tomb in Egypt's famous Saqqara Necropolis, officials say, in the second major apparent theft of an antiquity in just weeks. The ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The tomb's giant false door. The ancient Egyptians believed that the spirit of the deceased could ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

An announcement by the Egyptian prime minister about the possible launch of a global tender for the upgrade of the vicinity of the Giza Plateau little impressed archaeologists, who are wary of ...

Dr. Hawass made this announcement during a lecture on recent archaeological discoveries in the Italian city of Orvieto. The lecture was hosted by the famous Italian television commentator Roberto ...