University of British Columbia professor Thomas Schneider is examining the history of German Egyptology during the Nazi era. The research is a work in progress and Professor Schneider continues to receive new archival documents and information. He plans to turn his work into a book length manuscript.

Interview with Zahi Hawass who talks about his plans after his retirement next year.

Flash floods, caused by violent thunderstorms and occurring about every one or two centuries, have been the scourge of the Theban Hills as long as history can remember, and they’ve taken a heavy toll on its tombs. How did ancient Egyptians cope? And is there a risk that – if the heavens open so wide again soon – further damage might be caused yet?

The archaeological excavations at the royal palace in the ancient city of Qatna, north east of the Syrian city of Homs, have once again unfolded a remarkable archaeological discovery. The summer excavations located a rock tomb-cellar underneath the palace containing hundreds of artefacts as well as human bones from the period 1600-1400 BC. Numerous vessels of ceramic and granite have been found. The latter are Egyptian imports whose production in the Old Egyptian Kingdom dates to a period 1000 years prior to the existence of the tomb.

Article about three New Kingdom tombs (although one may date from the Late Period) belonging to Theban officials. The first is the tomb of Amen-Em-Opet, an official bearing the title of Supervisor of Hunters, two other tombs which had previously only been described as “two undecorated tombs [that were] found to the north-west of Amen-Em-Opet's.”

Interview with D. O'Connor about Abydos and the Pennsylvania-Yale-Institute of Fine Arts Expedition.

The way animals were worshipped in Ancient Egypt has long been one of the empire's most vivid features. Cats, crocs and even goldfish got the mummification treatment - and the culture's myriad gods plied their divine trade in the image of some of the region's most iconic creatures. In this video, the American University at Cairo's Salima Ikram shares the secrets of Egypt's enduring animal adoration.

Polish archaeologists discovered an unknown baptistery, and a few hundred bronze coins during the tenth archaeological season in Marea, a town situated 45 kilometers southeast of Alexandria. Under the command of Prof. Hanna Szymańska and Dr. Krzysztof Babraj scientists from The University of Warsaw's Center of Mediterranean Archaeology and The Archaeology Museum in Kraków have focused their efforts on examining the eastern side of the basilica and rooms placed behind the southwestern corner of the building.

Egyptian archeologists will carry out new explorations in October to search for the tombs of Cleopatra and Mark Antony at Tabusiris Magna, the head of Egypt's Higher Council of Antiquities said.

The remains are of a woman, Irtyersenu, who died in Thebes around 600 BC, aged about 50. The results suggest that TB infection had spread from her lungs to the rest of her body – so-called disseminated TB. In ancient Egypt, this would have been fatal.