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An Egyptian papyrus from the 13th century BC describes giant warriors and reopens a global historical and biblical debate.

Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country does today, according to a new study of a scroll. How much can the written records of ancient civilizations tell us about the animals they ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 52-foot-long (16 meters) papyrus containing sections from the Book of the Dead. The more than 2,000-year-old document was found within a coffin in a tomb ...

Papyrus, the ancient world’s paper, is made from the pith of reeds that grew along the Nile River. Lucky for us, it was used ...

Ancient Egyptians invented papyrus paper 5,000 years ago, and today, one village in Egypt is dedicated to reviving the industry. But with major blows to the Egypt's tourism industry in the 21st ...

AL-QARAMOUS, Egypt (Reuters) - A village keeping the ancient Egyptian craft of papyrus-making alive has seen demand for the paper collapse after the novel coronavirus pandemic brought Egypt's foreign ...

For the first time in a hundred years, archaeologists excavating in Saqqara, Egypt, have discovered a 16-meter-long ancient papyrus, as reported first by Arkeonews. A woman looks at papyrus on March 6 ...

A 3,300-year-old Egyptian document housed in the British Museum is drawing renewed attention from archaeologists and biblical historians. A growing number of scholars are examining the text for what ...

CAIRO >> Egypt’s ministry of tourism and antiquities unveiled a renovated wing of its oldest museum Monday, home to a 16-meter-long scroll unearthed last year. The refurbishment marks the first stage ...

Abdel Mobdi Moussalam, 48, cuts papyrus reeds from his land in the village of al-Qaramus in Sharqiyah province, in northern Egypt's fertile Nile Delta - Copyright AFP ...