Mariette then went to Saqqara, where he discovered the Apis bull tombs and called them the Serapeum, a name used by French historian Strabon referring to Serapis.From 1851 and 1854 Mariette ...

Archaeologists in Egypt are preparing to open a 3,000-year-old burial shaft at the Saqqara necropolis, south of Cairo, in the coming week. The unexplored tomb is one of 52 burial shafts clustered ...

Sarcophagi, excavated by the Egyptian archaeological mission, are displayed during a press conference, Oct. 3, 2020, at the Saqqara necropolis, 30 kms south of the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Egypt uncovered a funerary temple and the oldest coffins ever found in Saqqara, unlocking more secrets in the ancient burial site and marking another major discovery in the vast necropolis south ...

Archaeologists discovered a funerary temple in Saqqara, Egypt belonging to a queen who lived at least 4,200 years ago.; They also found burial shafts containing 50 sealed wooden coffins, as well ...

The 4,300-year-old mummy of an ancient Egyptian named "HqA-Sps," or Hekashepes, is seen in a 45-ton limestone sarcophagus in Saqqara, outside Cairo, Egypt, in a photo shared with CBS News by ...

Archaeologists have discovered almost 30 sarcophagi dating back around 2,500 years at an ancient Egyptian burial ground, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

The Saqqara site is part of the necropolis at Egypt’s ancient capital of Memphis that includes the famed Giza Pyramids, as well as smaller pyramids at Abu Sir, Dahshur and Abu Ruwaysh.

I n the tombs of Saqqara, new discoveries are rewriting ancient Egypt’s history. Seated in a yellow plastic laundry basket attached to two thick ropes, I was lowered into the earth. The light ...