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 ...

The blood, sweat and tears on these threads are still — sorta — shrouded in mystery. New findings provide more evidence on what Jesus might have been buried in after he was crucified. A recent study ...

Two pieces of a mummy wrapping, once contiguous and later dispersed to opposite sides of the world, have been reconnected digitally. Together, they reveal scenes and spells from an ancient Egyptian ...

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 ...