Archaeologists working at the site of Saqqara have discovered a 4,100-year-old tomb that held the burial of a doctor.

Saqqara is one of the most significant archaeological sites in Egypt, located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of modern-day Cairo. It served as a major burial ground and religious center for the ...

The discovery was uncovered in Saqqara, the site of the ancient city of Memphis, about 25 miles southwest of Cairo, and has ...

The chamber holds a stone coffin engraved with the physician’s name and titles, which include "director of medicinal plants" ...

A team of French and Swiss archaeologists has unearthed a remarkable Egyptian tomb dating back over 4,100 years. The burial ...

Scholars continue to unfurl millennia-old mysteries as archaeological excavations carry on in the ancient necropolis of ...

The kiln tomb is filled with vibrant wall painting and inscriptions, and is believed to belong to a witch doctor who likely ...

In life, this individual was known as Tetinebefou, "conjurer of the goddess Serket,"  "director of medicinal plants," and ...

Inscriptions on the tomb identifys its owner as "Tetinebefou", a celebrated physician during the reign of King Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty, which spanned roughly from 2305 BC to 2118 BC.

Inscriptions on the tomb identifys its owner as "Tetinebefou", a celebrated physician during the reign of King Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty, which spanned roughly from 2305 BC to 2118 BC. The ...

The burial belonged to Tetinebefou, a physician who reportedly treated the pharaoh himself. The site’s vivid wall paintings and inscriptions reveal his esteemed position in ancient Egyptian ...