The huge black granite sarcophagus was unearthed in Alexandria and nobody yet knows what's inside it.
Archaeologist and engineer Glen Dash has worked out how such a precise alignment was achieved.
One Egyptologist has put forward the idea that Nefertiti was not quite as powerful as history suggests.
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the relationship between two 4,000-year-old mummies.
Professor Giulio Magli believes that the pyramid may be home to a throne carved from the core of a meteorite.
Archaeologists have uncovered an unidentified mummy within a previously unexplored tomb near Luxor, Egypt.
Japanese and French scientists have announced the discovery of what could be a large hidden chamber.
Researchers have been able to trace the first ever recorded solar eclipse back to the time of the pharaohs.
New evidence has shed light on exactly how huge stone blocks were transported to the site of the pyramids.
The well-preserved skeleton of Sa-Nakht, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, shows clear evidence of gigantism.
Scientists working on the ScanPyramids project believe that the Khufu Pyramid contains secret chambers.
Archaeologists have uncovered new writings by Hippocrates, the famed 'father of Western medicine'.
Scientists have revealed the results of a recent study in to the DNA of 151 ancient Egyptian mummies.
Archaeologists have made a fascinating discovery inside a 3,800-year-old pyramid in Dahshur, Egypt.
The unopened tomb was discovered by archaeologists during a Spanish archaeological mission in West Aswan.
Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Ramses II statue within a Cairo slum.
Archaeologists have unveiled a hidden wall that may indicate the presence of nearby pharaonic tombs.
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient city and graveyard at Abydos in southern Egypt.
Discovered in a tomb by Spanish archaeologists, the well-preserved mummy dates back over 3,000 years.
Two previously-unknown cavities have been identified within the walls of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza.