Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

320 pages : 26 cm "This book illuminates the lives of some 1,300 kings, queens, princes and princesses of ancient Egypt, unravelling family relationships and exploring the parts they played in ...

Mansa Musa, the 14th-century ruler of the Mali Empire, amassed immense wealth through gold and strategic trade, becoming ...

StepPyramid #PyramidOfDjoser #OldestPyramid The Step Pyramid of King Djoser at Saqqara is the oldest large-scale monumental ...

News Weird News Archaeology Archaeologists baffled as they uncover 'mystery' 3,600-year-old Pharaoh's tomb in Egypt The tomb of an unknown pharaoh has been discovered by archaeologists in Egypt ...

The House of Representatives’ Housing Committee approved in principle on Tuesday the newest draft for the old rent law submitted by the government. At the beginning of the House’s plenary session, ...

Cranial deformation in the ancient world, head of the statue of a princess, one of six daughters of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, New Kingdom of ancient Egypt, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1350 BC. Credit: Manfred ...

On April 8th, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt announced the discovery of “The Rise of Aten,” a city in Luxor buried under layers of sand for 3,000 years, dating back to the ...

Calculation principles found in a papyrus scroll, and an author shares his love of lichens in this week’s pick from the Nature archive. Snippets from Nature’s past.