Deep under Saqqara, the Serapeum hides a straight tunnel labyrinth leading to 24 massive precision carved stone boxes with gigantic lids, some weighing up to 100 tons. The interiors are unnervingly ...

Hidden beneath the desert plateau at Saqqara, a network of rock‑cut corridors holds some of the most perplexing stonework on Earth: vast granite boxes sealed in darkness for millennia. Their scale, ...

Egyptian officials have reopened the Serapeum of Saqqara, a vast underground necropolis south of Cairo dedicated to the bulls of Apis, after 11 years and complete renovation of the historic site. An ...

Egyptian-American artist Nader Sadek first scorched the scene in 2011 with his death-metal debut, In the Flesh. Despite the pandemic, Sadek has been steadily releasing new material this year, starting ...

To encourage tourism, Egypt has reopened several ancient sites, including the Serapeum, an underground necropolis at Saqqara. Writer Susan Hack toured the ruins and tombs, which are associated with ...

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The salvage operation of the Apis tombs known as the Serapeum is finally completed Dozens of journalists, photographers and top officials as well as archaeologists and restorers gathered today at the ...