The team noted that some remains belong to people who had done very little physical activity during their lifetimes while ...

For years, Egyptologists have assumed pyramid tombs were just for the rich – but the burials at a site called Tombos don’t ...

Archaeologists have uncovered hidden remains under Egyptian pyramids, challenging long-held beliefs about burial traditions ...

Recent archaeological discoveries at the ancient site of Tombos in northern Sudan have unveiled skeletons that defy long-held beliefs about pyramid burials. Traditionally, it has been assumed that ...

Recent discoveries in Tombos, Sudan, challenge the belief that only elites were buried in Egyptian pyramids. Skeletons ...

Tombos became an important center after the Egyptian conquest of Nubia around 1500 BCE, during the reign of Thutmose I, who ...

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During Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.), the valley became a royal burial ground for pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests, and other elites of ...

President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi paid tribute Sunday to the Egyptian martyrs on the occasion of Martyrs' Day, noting that the martyrs fulfilled their oath by sacrificing their lives for the nation, ...