Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient ruins of the Karnak Temple complex in Luxor, Egypt. (CREDIT: Dr Ben Pennington) Five hundred meters east of today’s Nile, ...

Karnak's first construction took place on an island in the Nile River. The expansive ruins of Karnak Temple provide an unprecedented window into ancient Egypt. After decades of archaeological ...

The newly uncovered basin lies west of the Temple of Maat (dedicated to Maat, the goddess associated with truth, justice, and cosmic order) and covers more than 50 square meters, according to the ...

In a 4,000-year-old creation myth from ancient Egypt, god manifested as high ground that rose out of watery chaos. New research suggests this myth of the primeval mound may have inspired the first ...

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of years ago. Before that, the area was too flooded for settlement, making ...

Five hundred meters east of today’s Nile, in the city of ancient Thebes, rises one of Egypt’s greatest and most enduring monuments: the temple complex of Karnak. Over 3,000 years, its colossal pylons ...