The Rod of Asclepius is a striking emblem: a simple staff with a lone snake coiled around it, universally acknowledged as a symbol of medicine and healing.

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city ...

The burial chamber most likely belonged to a ruler in a line of kings once lost to history, researchers said. “It’s a new ...

The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated pre-Columbian cultures, flourished across present-day Mexico, Guatemala, ...

A deep dive into the Egyptian gods and goddesses (their characteristics, myths, and symbols) who held significant sway over ...

Researchers found its petals covering the body of King Tut when they opened his tomb in 1922, and its flowers often adorn ...

The earliest pottery with Indus script symbols dates to 4,000 BCE ... This had the same message written in ancient Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and another ancient Egyptian script.

The Linear B script, which evolved from Linear A, but encoded ancient Greek, was used for accounting and palace-based commercial transactions. The Indus script, primarily a seal script, was mainly ...

In the past 20 years, 280 buildings in this 2,300-year-old port city — known for being the birthplace of Cleopatra and the ancient home of the famed Library of Alexandria — have collapsed due ...

Egyptian officials recently announced the discovery of a 3,000-year-old mining complex, complete with remnants of ancient homes ... The ostraca were written in hieroglyphic scripts, along with ...

From the stone that unlocked hieroglyphics to towering statues and eerie mummies, the British Museum’s Ancient Egypt collection is a must-see for history lovers. ByDavid Nikel , Senior Contributor.