Polish archaeologists found papyrus with letters from Roman centurions stationed in Egypt in Berenike. These unique documents were discovered along with, among other things, ceramics from Italy, Roman ...

Archeologists working in Egypt are prohibited from taking artifacts out of the country, even something as common as a potshard or small as a seed. Even so, University of Delaware history professor ...

The item was excavated last March but has only been receiving wide attention in the last month: the two-foot-tall image of Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha, carved from Anatolian marble, in ...

At the site of Berenike on the Red Sea coast of southern Egypt, archaeologists discovered the burials of nearly 100 complete animal skeletons dating to about 75-150 AD, making it one of the earliest ...

Researchers recently published new findings from the excavations of the Berenike site, a Greco-Roman seaport in the Egyptian Eastern desert. The study results describes the excavation of a religious ...

Researchers uncovered the two-foot-tall Buddha statue in Berenike. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Researchers have discovered a two-foot-tall Buddha statue in Berenike, an ancient ...

In Egypt's ancient town of Berenike, archaeologists discovered a nearly 2-thousand year old pet cemetery with dogs, cats and monkeys. Elizabeth Keatinge (@ekeatinge) has more. In Egypt's ancient town ...

New excavations at the Egyptian Red Sea port of Berenike show that an extensive sea trade existed between India and the Middle East from the 3rd century BC to the 7th century AD, supplementing the ...

Archaeologists have made the shocking discovery of a marble Buddha statue in a temple in the ancient Egyptian port city of Berenike, shedding new light on the trade links between India and ancient ...