The Turin papyrus map is over 3000 years old. More than 100 years of study mainly by egyptologists and by some geologists demonstrate that it shows workings in a known ancient mining and quarrying ...

Some newly recovered papyrus fragments may finally help solve a century-old puzzle, shedding new light on ancient Egyptian history. Found stored between two sheets of glass in the basement of the ...

For the earliest Egyptologists, a trip to the Egyptian Museum in Turin was considered indispensable. The museum's new director is seeking to return the almost 200-year-old museum to its one-time ...

Pharaonic rulers of Egypt were subjected to satirical criticism using words and pictures, according to Archaeologist Ahmed Salah, the head of Abu Simbel area antiquities. The expression of opinion was ...

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities participated in the Twenty-Second Conference on Egyptology and Papyrology in Italy organized by the International Papyrology Institute and the Italian Institute ...

Although it remained open to the public during the reinstallations, the work's completion allows curators to display objects that were previously kept in storage. Highlights of the museum, which was ...

The scrolls documenting ancient Egyptian life have made a commercial comeback in Cairo A medieval breeze laced with the scents of flowers and spices will accompany you on your way through the narrow ...