At the end of the era of pharaohs, ancient Egyptians held onto their religious beliefs and commitment to the Gods. Through rituals and burials, the Egyptians honored traditions followed for thousands ...

Whales are amazing creatures that have been swimming through the oceans for millions of years. What many people don’t realize ...

The genome of a man buried at Nuwayrat in Middle Egypt about 4,500–4,800 years ago has been sequenced. Compared with published genomes of ancient individuals, most of the man’s ancestry best matches ...

Ramses and the Pharaoh’s Gold is an unmissable new exhibition bringing priceless artefacts from Ancient Egypt to London next year.

Meet Tetinebefou—the wizard-doctor, priest, and royal dentist—whose newly discovered tomb reveals dazzling secrets about ...

Several tombs in the necropolises of Egypt depict figures dancing across the walls and playing instruments. But when Egyptologists took a closer look, they were able to piece together how the art form ...

Wolfgang Wüster receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. Isabelle Catherine Winder does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

Cairo — Egypt's government hosted dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday as it held an official opening ceremony for the Grand Egyptian Museum, a $1 billion project decades in the ...

However, recent genetic studies have challenged this view. According to Greger Larson, a professor at the University of Oxford, the analysis of skeletal remains suggests that the domestic cats we know ...

Movies and television shape what people think about ancient Egypt. But they often get even the basics wrong, from cruel pharaohs to booby-trapped pyramids. Here are 10 things that "Moon Knight", "The ...