Egypt started seizing and slaughtering herds of pigs on Thursday as a precaution against swine flu, officials and farmers said, despite resistance by farmers and criticism from the United Nations.

A treasure, including gold jewelry and statues of deities from around 2,600 years ago, has been found at the Karnak temple ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

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In Egypt's Countryside, Farmers' Anger Seen As 'Silent Time Bomb' Recent Revolt Over Rents and Evictions Draws Support of Mubarak Opponents. By Daniel Williams. July 16, 2005 at 8:00 p.m. EDT.

The author says that the shackles are a reminder that the beauty and riches of ancient Egypt were created by a culture also characterized by quotidian cruelties. Nature 640 , 11 (2025) doi: https ...

Go back in time to ancient Egypt. Thousands of years, in fact. Their influence on modern life can be seen in our language, art, engineering, and more.… ...

Egypt discovers first royal tomb in over a century 00:35. Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient ...