In fact, the Vikings left behind a great number of documents in stone, wood and metal, all written in the enigmatic symbols known as runes. They relied on these symbols not only for writing but ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in ...

Examination of a mummy has revealed the original ancient Egyptian embalming recipe - first used to preserve bodies. A battery of forensic chemical tests carried out on a mummy that dated from ...

Casey Rodarmor, the creator of Ordinals, recently released a proposal for the Runes protocol. Will this actually lead to sustainable protocol development, or will the frogs make a mess again? Casey ...

Bitcoin Runes are a new protocol introduced in 2024 as a more efficient successor to Bitcoin Ordinals, aimed at enabling NFTs on the Bitcoin blockchain. Runes offer greater flexibility than ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have identified the country’s first recorded astronomical observatory, which, according to experts, is the “first and largest” discovery of its kind, Live Science ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...

I better write this down! Oh! I’ve lost my pen. Ancient Egyptian: You’re clearly not Egyptian, are you? Child: No, I’m from Britain. Ancient Egyptian: Haha! No wonder you don’t have a pen.

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Amelia Blanford Edwards was one of a stream of European travelers drawn to see the wonders of Egypt ...

No trial takes place. The process itself is the punishment. This is taking place in Egypt right now. A 55-year-old father of five has been languishing in an Egyptian prison for two-and-a-half ...

Please verify your email address. The Marika's Rune is a Consumable Item introduced in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. Golden remnants of the grace personally bestowed by Queen Marika to the ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will not accept any changes to the security arrangements that were in place on its border with Gaza before war broke out between Israel and Hamas last October, the Egyptian ...