In 2023, archaeologists from Spain and Egypt uncovered an extraordinary find at Qubbat al-Hawa, a necropolis near Aswan that has long served as a burial site for Egypt’s elite. Inside one of its ...

Deep in the Nubia, a region along the Nile in southern Egypt, a baby crocodile sits on Mamdouh Hassan's shoulder to wow tourists. The reptiles are a source of income for Egypt's Nubian minority, with ...

A 3,000-year-old mummified crocodile is giving us a peek into the strange and fascinating world of ancient Egyptian rituals. Thanks to X-ray and CT scan technology, researchers have been able to ...

A pair of ancient nobles died thousands of years ago and were buried in nearby tombs in Egypt. Excavations of these graves revealed a first-of-its-kind discovery. Archaeologists in Luxor excavated two ...

In the Western Desert of Egypt, an ancient crocodile-like species was found. Mihajlo Stojkovic via Unsplash During the era of the late Cretaceous, the land that now sits in modern-day Egypt was far ...

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