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 ...

Two coffins were topped with a representation of creator god Atum, part eel, part cobra and part human. The Trustees of the British Museum At the end of the era of pharaohs, ancient Egyptians held ...

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 ...

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

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first ...

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.