Learn about the first whole genome from Ancient Egypt, which has shed light on the life and ancestry of a potter who lived ...

An engraved panel from Aswan may show one of Egypt's earliest political elites. It reveals how rulers used art to claim space ...

Sealed inside a rocky tomb for over four millennia, an Egyptian skeleton has just revealed a hidden chapter of ancient ...

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the 'incredible' discovery of the tomb, located in the ancient ...

The youngster was simply walking around the site when she came upon this ancient item, one that has caused much interest.

Far from Cairo’s bustle, Egypt’s minority communities are fighting to preserve their ancient languages against the tide of ...

A grim study of more than 500 Ancient Egyptian tombs has unveiled shocking evidence of what happened to corpses after they ...

The year is 1893. Chicago is hosting the world. At the World’s Columbian Exposition, over 65,000 exhibits are strewn over 630 acres of the Midway Plaisance and Jackson Park. Structures erected ...

The tomb of Teti Neb Fu, a physician who lived during the reign of King Pepe II, was discovered in the Saqqara necropolis ...

A scientist has explained the very creepy reason why humans first started keeping cats. Even if you class yourself firmly as team dog for house pets and can’t stand the four-legged felines wandering ...

The evolution of the term "barbarian" in ancient Greek thought—from cultural outsider to a symbol of uncivilized otherness—is ...

Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...