Bull heads like these were used throughout ancient Greece and Rome to both ward off evil spirits and symbolize strength and ...

The necropolis near Cerveteri, known as Banditaccia, contains thousands of tombs organized in a city-like plan, with streets, small squares and neighbourhoods. The site contains very different types ...

The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years. Thutmose II's mummy was ...

Theban princes of the 11th Dynasty built what can be considered royal tombs on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes at the site of Al-Tarif. These consist of a series of entryways cut into the rock ...

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh at Luxor, which is built on the ancient city of Thebes — the first such find in the area since King Tutankhamun’s resting place ...

Archaeologists have found a pharaoh’s tomb near Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, the country’s ministry of antiquities announced this week, in what officials called the first excavation of a ...

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Now, the location of his long-lost tomb, one of the last missing royal tombs, has been confirmed by the New Kingdom Research Foundation, a British-Egyptian archaeological team led by Piers Litherland.

Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, which reigned for over two ...

In a joint Egyptian-British mission, archaeologists have discovered the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II. The ancient tomb was found during research work two miles west of the Valley of the ...