Egyptian archaeologists work at an ancient burial ground in Saqqara, dating back to 2,700 B.C., where a 4,300-year-old pyramid has been discovered at the Saqqara necropolis. It was first built for ...

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Saqqara has been used for thousands of years and "the reasons for being buried at the site differed through time," Nico Staring, an Egyptologist and researcher at the University of Liège in Belgium, ...

Archaeologists on Egyptian land have uncovered the tomb of Prince Waser-If-Re, son of King Userkaf, founder of the Fifth Dynasty (circa 2465–2458 BCE). The discovery, made at Saqqara’s necropolis ...

Discovered in a First Dynasty tomb in Saqqara, the Sabu Disk is one of the most puzzling artifacts from ancient Egypt. Made ...

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 ...

Archaeologists excavating at Saqqara Necropolis found a 4,300-year-old tomb of a poorly known prince with a unique fake door, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

Photos: Egypt unveils recently discovered ancient workshops, tombs in Saqqara necropolis Canopic jars, which were made to contain organs that were removed from the body in the process of mummification ...

SAQQARA, Egypt (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Egypt said on Saturday they had discovered a rare collection of mummified scarab beetles, as well as an apparently pristine Fifth Dynasty tomb that they ...