Amid Sudan’s war, the pyramids of Meroe sit in near silence as a lone caretaker and small team struggle to protect the ...

A collaborative team of scientists has discovered that life on Earth over three billion years ago relied on the metal ...

A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first ...

Researchers discovered an Iliad fragment in a mummy, marking the first literary papyrus used in embalming and offering new ...

A demanding exhibition of the Spanish artist’s religious paintings is lifted by a room of stunning still lifes ...

Egypt is a place where history is actually brought back to life among children. When kids stand in front of a pyramid that is ...

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

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Inscriptions found include notes on exercises by schoolchildren, religious texts, and certificates for the quality of ...

Odin was a kelpie. Attentive and protective, with a happy smile and an endless hope for food, he succumbed to a terminal disease late last year. At his death, a deep sense of grief ripped through the ...

Researchers in Egypt have discovered a massive trove of what amount to ancient notepads. The 43,000 ostraca—sherds of broken pottery onto which Egyptians scrawled short messages—were excavated from ...