The tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun was unsealed over 100 years ago, and since then many who disturbed the ancient burial chamber ...

A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is changing what scientists know about ancient Egyptian technology. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna ...

In 1922, archaeologists uncovered the intact tomb of Tutankhamun, exposing thousands of artifacts placed around the young Egyptian king for burial. Among the gold ornaments, chariots and ritual items ...

Two-thousand-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions found in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings mention a merchant named Cikai Korran, revealing Indians had travelled to Egypt’s heartland ...

The linguistic diversity suggests that people from different parts of the Indian subcontinent travelled to Egypt between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD, likely for trade in spices and other valuable ...

For historians, the implications are immediate. They reveal how ancient traders from the subcontinent interacted with the world, with links to previous discoveries in India and elsewhere.

The presence of Tamil-Brahmi deep in the Nile Valley—far from the maritime hubs—provides concrete proof of a sophisticated 'Indian Diaspora' in the first and second centuries CE ...

A Tamil trader's name, Cikai Korran, has been found inside ancient Egyptian tombs. This discovery proves that ancient trade ...

A 2,000-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscription has been discovered in Egypt, providing important evidence of trade between India and the ancient west. The text also has the name of a Tamil trader who ...

IN ESNA: A guided village tour of Esna by foot is a great way to see a laidback everyday slice of the country and buy a ...

CHENNAI: Around 2,000 years ago, a Tamil trader who visited the rock-cut tombs of Egyptian pharaohs scratched his name in eight places in five of the .

From the Third Intermediate Period through the Late, Ptolemaic, and Roman eras, ancient Egyptian private funerary monuments underwent marked architectural and ritual reconfigurations ...