New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of ...

For over a century, scholars debated whether the cones depicted on the heads of ancient Egyptians in tomb reliefs were ...

The 1st-century luxury vessel matches the description given by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited the city of Alexandria ...

Egypt’s travelling exhibitions are rewriting global tourism as the display of ancient treasures abroad inspires new journeys ...

Did a bankrupt Egypt attempt to hitch an anonymous ride for an unpopular pharaoh into immortality? His 225 personal retainers ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the ...

A Sanskrit–Greek stele and Buddha statue found in ancient Berenike, Egypt, reveal deep cultural links between Indian traders ...

The lost city of Imet rises from the Nile Delta, with 2,500-year-old mud houses that stood like skyscrapers in ancient Egypt.

A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...

Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...