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

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

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An ancient, 4,000-year-old tomb has been discovered in Egypt by archaeologists and has shed light on a ruler from four millennia ago. The discovery has captured the imaginations of Egyptians, ...

An engraving recently found by archaeologists could transform the world's understanding of the foundation of Ancient Egypt.

French President Emmanuel Macron issued a decree awarding an Egyptian parliamentarian the Legion of Honor, Knight rank - ...

In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the ...

Shamahi, tracing the development of Homo sapiens across 300,000 years of prehistory in the first of a five-part series, Human ...

The first mention of a pirate by name may be in a Greek book from 2,500 years ago. But sea-raiding has been around since the ...

Could an Egyptian coffin, dated 5,000 years ago, hold the answer to one of the night sky’s greatest mysteries? University of Portsmouth astrophysicist Dr. Or Graur has set both Egyptology and ...

The urge to leave your mark for posterity is nothing new, as ancient Greek graffiti carved into an Egyptian Temple clearly ...