Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient ruins of the Karnak Temple complex in Luxor, Egypt. (CREDIT: Dr Ben Pennington) Five hundred meters east of today’s Nile, ...

An Egyptian-Chinese archaeological mission announced in Luxor on Saturday that they have uncovered an ancient "sacred lake" ...

Archaeologists excavating the Karnak temple complex in Luxor, Egypt, were in for a dazzling surprise when they turned up a clutch of gold jewelry and ornaments. The mission was undertaken by the ...

Karnak temple, a Unesco World Heritage site near Luxor, was developed about 4,600 years ago after a group of elites used complex flooding techniques to create a place of worship, a study has found.

A sweeping new geoarchaeological study has revealed how Egypt’s famed Karnak Temple complex rose from an island amid Nile floods to become one of the ancient world’s most enduring sacred centers. By ...

In a 4,000-year-old creation myth from ancient Egypt, god manifested as high ground that rose out of watery chaos. New research suggests this myth of the primeval mound may have inspired the first ...

Researchers have carried out the most comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of Egypt’s Karnak Temple near Luxor – one of the ancient world’s largest temple complexes and a UNESCO World Heritage site ...

The newly uncovered basin lies west of the Temple of Maat (dedicated to Maat, the goddess associated with truth, justice, and cosmic order) and covers more than 50 square meters, according to the ...

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of years ago. Before that, the area was too flooded for settlement, making ...

Five hundred meters east of today’s Nile, in the city of ancient Thebes, rises one of Egypt’s greatest and most enduring monuments: the temple complex of Karnak. Over 3,000 years, its colossal pylons ...

The most comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of Egypt’s Karnak Temple complex has been carried out by an international research team led from Uppsala University. The temple is one of the ancient ...