Erected over 4,600 years ago, the Pyramid of Djoser in Egypt is considered to be the first pyramid in human history. This ...

The recent premiere of the documentary The Mystery of the Lost Pyramid on the Smithsonian Channel has unveiled an extraordinary archaeological discovery in the ancient necropolis of Dahshur ...

Thirty-one of these, including the pyramids of Dahshur, Giza and Saqqara, are dotted along the edge of Egypt’s Western desert, several kilometres away from the Nile. To transport the enormous ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that the Egyptian-German archaeological mission, affiliated with the German Archaeological Institute, uncovered a mastaba dating back to the Old ...

A joint mission between German and Egyptian archaeologists has uncovered a centuries-old mastaba during an excavation in Dahshur, close to the Great Pyramid of Giza. Mastabas are a type of ancient ...

The tomb is part of an extensive cemetery in Dahshur, south of Saqqara, which has been investigated by the DAI Cairo since 2002. According to the inscriptions on a massive false door made of ...

The tomb, known as a mastaba, was found in the pyramid necropolis of Dahshur, about 25 miles south of Cairo, during a recent Egyptian-German archaeological mission. Dahshur is the southernmost of ...

The mastaba discovered at Dahshur. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt The Egyptian-German archaeological mission of the German Archaeological Institute, led by Dr. Stephan Seidlmayer ...

The show’s main draw is a 4,000 year old Dahshur funerary boat—one of only four known examples—currently under the care of renowned wood expert Mostafa Sherif, who CMNH recruited last year.

The Necropolis of Memphis, to the north and south of the capital, extends southwards from the Giza plateau, through Zawyet Elarian, Abu Ghurab, Abusir, Mit Rahina and Saqqara, and northwards as far as ...