The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

The plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt's short-lived capital city. However, a comprehensive new archaeological analysis ...

Now, a 3,300-year-old Egyptian text preserved in the British Museum is once again fueling one of the Bible's most controversial debates: were the giants of the Old Testament rooted in real historical ...

Archaeologists have uncovered rock-cut tombs dating back to the Old Kingdom in Aswan, Egypt, revealing pottery vessels and jewelry.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With redrawing for visibility: Rock carvings discovered in Wadi Khamila, Sinai Desert, believed to depict ancient Egypt’s conquest ...

New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of the New Kingdom by decades. By combining cutting edge radiocarbon analysis ...

The inscriptions show that people from different parts of India interacted with Greeks and Egyptians in Egypt in the 1st-3rd centuries AD ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

Like something out of Stargate SG1, hieroglyphs lie hidden within a remote sandstone canyon in the deep bush of Australia—hoax or history?

Hydraulic mechanics may have indeed been the driving force behind the construction of ancient Egyptian pyramids. In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, ...

The ancient site of Karnak is one of the most impressive places to visit in Egypt. Situated just a short distance from the Nile, this enormous temple complex was once considered to be the spiritual ...