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

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

Scientists decoded the 4,500-year-old genome of an Egyptian buried like royalty but built like a laborer—rewriting ancient ...

Before Egypt’s dynasties, rural rituals and astral burials shaped beliefs that later defined the divine and sacred order.

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

Researchers have sequenced the first whole ancient Egyptian genome from an individual who lived 4,500 to 4,800 years ago — the oldest DNA sample from Egypt to date. The body belongs to an adult male ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C.

Archaeologists uncovered ancient military fortifications from Ptolemaic and Roman eras in Egypt's Tell Abu Sefeh, revealing strategic defenses that protected Egypt's eastern frontier.

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 ...

Egypt recovers trove of smuggled ancient artifacts from the US, officials say. The pieces were recovered in New York City. By Leah Sarnoff. May 13, 2025, 7:10 PM. 0:55.

Egypt discovers first royal tomb in over a century 00:35. Archaeologists in Egypt have unveiled the millennia-old tombs of three senior statesmen, identified by inscriptions left on the tombs.

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human ...