• Newsletters
  • Gift Membership
Logo Logo
Take Scroll With You Download the app to read our award-winning journalism on the go and stay up-to-date with our notifications.
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS
  • Home
  • Common Ground
  • The India Fix
  • Eco India
  • The Latest
  • The Reel
  • Magazine
  • Video
  • Trending
    • Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge
    • Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh
    • For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe
    • ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories
    • Early, intense heatwaves scorch mango crops in Konkan
    • ‘Homebound’ director Neeraj Ghaywan: ‘What if we practise empathy and listen to the other side?’
    • Manipur: NSCN-IM objects to Meitei flag on peak held as sacred by Naga group
    • ‘April May 99’ review: An irresistibly charming summer vacation
    • AI is reshaping how students write – here’s how it can be used creatively
    • A play shows how textile workers of Mumbai were written out of the history and mythology of the city
    • Guided by the light: A woman writer on sisterhood and modernity in the Booker-winning ‘Heart Lamp’
    • Interview: Apple’s India move is about perception, Chinese dependency is reality
  • Sections
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • India
    • World
    • Film and TV
    • Music
    • Books and Ideas
    • Business and Economy
    • Science and Technology
    • In Pictures
    • Announcements
    • Bookshop
    • The Field
    • Pulse
    • Elections 2024

Ad
OTHERS ARE

Reading icon icon

  • Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge
    1

    Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge

  • Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh
    2

    Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh

  • For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe
    3

    For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe

  • ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories
    4

    ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories

  • Early, intense heatwaves scorch mango crops in Konkan
    5

    Early, intense heatwaves scorch mango crops in Konkan

  • ‘Homebound’ director Neeraj Ghaywan: ‘What if we practise empathy and listen to the other side?’
    6

    ‘Homebound’ director Neeraj Ghaywan: ‘What if we practise empathy and listen to the other side?’

  • Manipur: NSCN-IM objects to Meitei flag on peak held as sacred by Naga group
    7

    Manipur: NSCN-IM objects to Meitei flag on peak held as sacred by Naga group

  • ‘April May 99’ review: An irresistibly charming summer vacation
    8

    ‘April May 99’ review: An irresistibly charming summer vacation

  • AI is reshaping how students write – here’s how it can be used creatively
    9

    AI is reshaping how students write – here’s how it can be used creatively

  • A play shows how textile workers of Mumbai were written out of the history and mythology of the city
    10

    A play shows how textile workers of Mumbai were written out of the history and mythology of the city

Around the Web

Watch: Five ancient tombs discovered at archaeological site near Egyptian capital Cairo

The tombs found in the Saqqara Necropolis date back to more than 4,000 years.

Scroll Staff
Mar 20, 2022 · 11:51 am
Read in App

Egypt is displaying newly discovered ancient tombs at a Pharaonic necropolis near Cairo, dating back to the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period. Local officials say the tombs were for senior officials including regional rulers and supervisors of the palace. pic.twitter.com/EP0fiXLHHa

— RT (@RT_com) March 19, 2022

Egypt unveiled Saturday five ancient Pharaonic tombs at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo, the latest in a series of landmark discoveries in the areahttps://t.co/iS3BT2AOvG pic.twitter.com/NqTP5CgAs7

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 19, 2022
We welcome your comments at letters@scroll.in.
  • Egypt
  • history
Get the app Get the app
ANDROID iOS

Related

Watch: Athlete walks on slackline from Asia to Europe over a bridge at a height of 165 metres

Watch: Athlete walks on slackline from Asia to Europe over a bridge at a height of 165 metres

Trending

  1. Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge

    Why Bela Trivedi retired from Supreme Court as a deeply unpopular judge

  2. Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh

    Startup stories: How two young men tried to make drinking tea cool with an investment of Rs 3 lakh

  3. For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe

    For young readers: How children picked Lactobacillus delbrueckii as India’s national microbe

  4. ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories

    ‘Literature gives you something history can’t’: Editor Mini Krishnan on classic Indian stories

  5. Early, intense heatwaves scorch mango crops in Konkan

    Early, intense heatwaves scorch mango crops in Konkan

Ad