The once-in-a-century discovery of an ancient Egyptian tomb belonging to King Thutmose II included some damaged but important ...

Pieces of pottery and other evidence found inside the sprawling underground tomb revealed that it belonged to Thutmose II, a ...

Now, Smithsonian Magazine reports on a very unusual burial chamber. The site is located in northern Egypt, specifically in Saqqara, a necropolis of the ancient capital of Memphis, where French and ...

There was no sarcophagus or any of the offerings traditional to Egyptian burial sites. Instead, huge limestone chunks clogged the hallways, just like the staircase. But above it all, the ceiling ...

By Alan Yuhas Archaeologists have found a pharaoh’s tomb near Egypt’s Valley of the Kings ... of a royal tomb since Tutankhamen’s burial chamber was unearthed over a century ago.

Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery ... suggesting also that his burial rites were carried out by Queen Hatshepsut, who was his wife and half-sister. Khaled said parts of alabaster ...

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh at Luxor ... Inscriptions indicate that the recently unearthed tomb was the burial place of King Thutmose II, who is believed ...

“This is the first time funerary furniture belonging to Thutmose II has been discovered, as no such items ... [Egypt State Information Service] Adding to the difficulty in determining the burial ...

They quickly informed Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, which dispatched archaeologists to excavate the site and enter the burial temple for the first time. The archaeologists were ...