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

The Roman poet Propertius called Cleopatra “the whore queen.” Cassius Dio referred to her as a “woman of insatiable sexuality and insatiable avarice.” They, and other Roman men like them, were largely ...

We rounded up the most bizarre and interesting facts about Ancient Egypt that will answer all the questions you ever had ...

Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Warfare was a way of life for many Ancient Egyptian pharaohs. A new Sky HISTORY series sees why several of their battles are considered the stuff of legend.

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

Explores the life of Cleopatra Selena, daughter of Cleopatra the Great and Mark Antony, as she sees the collapse of her dynasty, goes as a prisoner to Rome, but rises from the embers to become one of ...

Turns out, one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured healing plants still exists today — and modern science is finally catching up to what the pharaohs knew thousands of years ago. The plant that ...