The tombs, discovered in the Qubbet el-Hawa site, were complete with shafts and burial chambers. A group of rock-cut tombs ...

The drill’s chemical composition was also surprising, study co-author Jiří Kmošek noted, as it is made up of an unusual ...

However, careful reexaminations indicate the “little awl” is far more significant than originally believed—so much so that it may rewrite ancient Egyptian history. In a study published in the journal ...

A small copper tool found in a museum drawer is now confirmed as the oldest rotary metal drill in ancient Egypt, dating back 5,300 years.

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.

Today the world of Egyptology faces a silent crisis – not of looting, although that plays a part, but of disconnection. Walk into any major museum, from Copenhagen to California, and you see glass ...

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