When you think of ancient Egypt, you might imagine towering pyramids, majestic temples, and the noseless Great Sphinx of Giza ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 3,500-year-old military fortress with a zigzag-style wall in the north Sinai Desert of Egypt ...

Centuries ago, the Nile River split into two and inadvertently created an island—fulfilling a piece of ancient Egyptian ...

Excavations are shedding light on what life was like at the ancient site, which may have once housed hundreds of soldiers at ...

Two dinosaur mummies have been discovered, but the way they have been preserved has fascinated researchers. When we think of mummies, our minds tend to refer to the wrapped mummies of ancient Egypt, ...

A team of archaeologists searching for Cleopatra’s tomb uncovered a sunken ancient port off the coast of Egypt, and they believe it may be linked to the iconic queen.

The large relief is one of only two known pieces of art that depict illustrations of the seasons. Now it’s gone.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...

Archaeologists found a bone whistle used by ancient Egyptian guards to warn of grave robbers, shedding light on how royal ...

For several hours on a recent Friday morning, a Yale laboratory became a Bronze Age brewery. Inside the lab, in the Yale Chemistry Research Building, a group of students attempted to recreate beers of ...

New research has uncovered the ancient origins of an urban mosquito species, Culex pipiens form molestus, also known as the ...

Carl Sagan explained the thought process of the ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes, who determined the circumference of the ...