Egypt on Thursday said it uncovered several 4,300-year-old tombs in Saqqara as it continues a series of discoveries in the ancient burial ground.

Family members say Egyptian authorities have released a prominent businessman and his son after more than two years in pre-trial detention while officials investigated possible terrorism-related charges

Sentences were given to 38, including the man whose posts helped spark protests.

The tomb apparently belongs to the 18th Dynasty of Pharaonic Egypt.

A senior Egyptian official says at least six people were killed when an apartment building collapsed in the southern province of Assiut

Egypt's Central Banks says the pound has seen its largest single-day slide since the government agreed to a $3 billion International Monetary Fund deal in late October

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has urged Israel’s new hard-line government to refrain from “any measures” that could inflame regional tensions, in a phone call congratulating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his return to office

Egyptian authorities say at least 27 people were injured when stands partly collapsed during a basketball game in the capital of Cairo

The building and the paintings, which are famously known as the Fayoum portraits, date back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras.

Saudi Arabian state media says the country has agreed to extend the terms of a $5 billion aid package to Egypt that took effect in March

Egypt discovers 5 ancient tombs in Saqqara

The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says they were allowed to see him for the first time in nearly a month and that he is “very, very thin” after ending a hunger strike that prompted widespread concern for his health

The Arab world’s most populous country is taking steps to convert to renewable energy

Egypt's health ministry says a bus fell into a canal in Egypt’s Nile River Delta region killing at least 21 people, including three children

Family members say Egyptian prison authorities have intervened medically with imprisoned pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who this week escalated his hunger strike to refuse water

Egypt is touting its efforts to make Sharm el-Sheikh a more eco-friendly tourist destination as this year’s United Nations climate summit approaches

Egyptian authorities have announced the release of a prominent human rights lawyer

Dozens are feared dead after a huge fire erupted at a church in Cairo on Sunday.

At least 41 worshippers, including children, were killed at the Coptic Orthodox Church of Abou Seifain in Cairo, Egypt.

The fire engulfed the Coptic Orthodox Church of Abou Seifain in Cairo during morning prayers.

The latest murder of a young woman in Egypt who had allegedly rejected the advances of a fellow student has sparked outrage.

Two women were killed in shark attacks in Egypt's Red Sea over the weekend, prompting officials to close off a stretch of the coastline.

The Egyptian government gave Nile houseboat owners orders to evacuate, citing their failure to pay license fees among several other reasons.

Egyptian officials said they plan to start legal proceedings to recover five Egyptian antiques seized from The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The latest discovery comes two months after five ancient tombs were found nearby.

The museum will hold more than 100,000 artifacts.

The mummy had remained untouched since it was discovered in 1881.

Egypt will inaugurate the 3,000-year-old Avenue of Sphinxes in a glitzy ceremony.

The recent appointment of 98 judges to Egypt's State Council has considerable implications.

WAKING THE DEAD: Ancient Egypt meets modern technology as scientists put mummies under the microscope with CT scans to study their life and death.

A passenger train derailment in Egypt has left 11 dead and 98 injured, officials said.

Some unfortunate events in Egypt, like the Suez Canal blockage, are being blamed on a possible "pharaoh's curse" as 22 mummies are set to be relocated.

The colossal cargo ship that became stuck on the banks of Suez Canal last week, blocking traffic through the crucial waterway, was finally freed by engineers on Monday.

The Ever Given is closer to freedom after engineers partially refloated the 200,000 ton carrier which has been blocking one of the world's busiest shipping channels for almost a week.

As the canal is a key global trade route, what could be the impact this one stranded ship could have all over the world?

Egypt's efforts to pull the gigantic ship have yielded little progress.

Egypt said it halted all navigation in the canal on Thursday.

The canal provides the shortest link from Asia to Europe by connecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.

The canal provides the shortest link from Asia to Europe by connecting the Mediterranean to the Red Sea

President Joe Biden's administration expressed concern over the Egyptian government's human rights record after the family of a U.S. citizen and activist was detained.

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities announced a new discovery of a funerary temple and ancient sarcophagi in Saqqara.

The temple is located south of Cairo and contains coffins that date back some 3,000 years.

Live snakes slither on people’s backs and faces for pain relief at a spa in Egypt.

Five American peacekeepers were among a group of seven killed in a helicopter accident in the Sinai Peninsula.

Egypt's historic Baron Empain Palace, which has been standing for more than 100 years, has opened its doors to visitors after three years of restoration work.

Egypt's restrictions on what it deems inappropriate forms of art have reached a new height with a ban on a popular genre of street music.

Egypt's former strongman Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled by a popular revolt in 2011, has died at the age of 91, the country's state TV said on Tuesday.

A dual U.S.-Egyptian national who won a court order to be released from a Cairo prison will remain in jail after a prosecution appeal was accepted on Thursday.

An Egyptian court on Wednesday ordered the release of a dual U.S.-Egyptian national who was arrested upon her arrival at the Cairo airport in July 2019.