Archaeologists are testing fate after opening coffins from an ancient Egyptian graveyard last week. Now, we wait for whatever evil spirit that is summoned from the sarcophagi who will bring plagues and whatever wickedness our way for encroaching on a sacred burial ground in Saqqara, Egypt. On

Does anybody know what Brendan Fraser is up to these days? We might want to get his phone number. Last month, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced they had discovered 13 unopened mummy coffins. After further inspection of a necropolis, archaeologists found at least 59 ancient

After a year of locust swarms, widespread alien sightings, and a plague, you can also cross off “unearthing ancient mummies” from your 2020 bingo card. Archaeologists discovered a collection of never-before-seen mummies at a burial site in Egypt. OPEN IT! OPEN IT! OPEN IT! Egypt’s Ministry of

Author: Bruce Bower / Source: Science News CLEVELAND — A mysterious foreign dynasty that ruled ancient Egypt for about a century gained power not by force, as often thought, but by marrying into royalty, new evidence suggests. Hyksos people, thought to have come from somewhere in West Asia,

Source: Atlas Obscura Every year on the day after Coptic Orthodox Easter, Egyptians of all religious backgrounds head outdoors to celebrate Sham el-Nessim. Loved ones congregate around picnic spreads and enjoy the spring air, saturated as it is with the delicate aroma of flowers, along with the