It's only one of two sun temples that have been definitively identified, and dates to the reign of King Nyuserre, the sixth ...

From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a 4,500-year-old valley temple belonging to a sprawling solar complex ...

The roof of the valley temple was most likely dedicated to astronomical observations and not to the celebration of the ...

Just when you may have thought that archaeologists have discovered all there is to find in Egypt, they uncover something new. This time, the remains of a sun temple, which is believed to have belonged ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient sun god temple in Egypt, which showed signs of being modified into a residential area after a century of use. Excavations at Abu Ghurab, about 16km (10 miles) ...

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An Italian archaeological mission has discovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to an ancient Egyptian king near Cairo, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said. The temple of King Nyuserre is ...

Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back to further in the Cretaceous period than was previously known WELLINGTON, ...

The site, located in the Valle de Zaña, was identified by the Cultural Landscapes Archaeological Project of Ucupe. According to Luis Armando Muro Ynoñán, the director of the project, the excavation ...

After more than a century of waiting, Italian archaeologists have finally uncovered the remains of King Nyuserre's Valley Temple at Abu Ghurab near Abusir, revealing one of the most significant solar ...

A stone doorway uncovered at Abu Ghurab marks the entrance to a massive Valley Temple. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt An Italian archaeological mission has uncovered the remains of ...