The 10 plagues include swarms of locusts, three days of darkness and the death of every firstborn son A MYSTERIOUS papyrus scroll has the potential to prove the story of the 10 plagues of Egypt ...

Archaeologists in Saqqara found an ancient, well-preserved papyrus scroll with spells from the Book of the Dead written on it, photos show. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A study of a scroll made more than 2,300 years ago has revealed how ...

Measuring over 43 feet in length, the find was made within a New Kingdom cemetery at Al-Ghuraifa, a site known for its rock-carved tombs and wealth of ancient funerary artifacts. This scroll, ...

A well-preserved copy of the "Book of the Dead" was just uncovered in Egypt. This copy was written on a papyrus scroll that is over 42 feet long. Along with the book, the Egyptian government says ...

Reports further explain that although there are nearly 200 known spells, they were not exactly collected into books. Sequences of these spells were inscribed on objects from mummy wrappings to coffins ...

An ancient Egyptian papyrus held by the British Museum has been cited as possible evidence supporting some of the Bible's most controversial claims about giants. The 3,300-year-old document, known as ...

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum. A detail of the gilded Book of the Dead of Ankhmerwer, a funerary ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The black inks that ancient Egyptians used for writing on papyrus texts ...