Amelia Blanford Edwards was one of a stream of European travelers drawn to see the wonders of Egypt at the close of ... a supremely ironic twist—as the smallest piece of Egyptian royal sculpture ...

The team of Egyptian and American archaeologists found the tomb, which the researchers estimate is 3,600 years old, nearly 23 feet underground at Abydos, one of the oldest cities of ancient Egypt.

For the first time in more than a century, since Howard Carter unearthed the final resting place of King Tut, Egyptologists have uncovered a decorated royal tomb in the Luxor area, west of the ...