In ancient Egyptian belief, false doors allowed the spirit of the deceased to pass between this world and the next. If this ...

A bust of an ancient Egyptian goddess, thought to have been a high-quality imitation, has been authenticated as a ...

From desert carvings to underwater ruins, these ancient structures are so advanced that experts still can’t agree on what ...

A once-in-a-decade exhibition of ancient deities — many are goddesses — ranging over more than 3,000 years, from monumental ...

Three newly discovered sites filled with art and stone tools have pushed back the date of when humans returned to Arabia after the last ice age.

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered the text on the Rosetta stone, opening a window into ancient Egyptian civilization. The stone had been ...

A limestone pharaonic art piece has gone missing from Egypt’s famed Saqqara necropolis, Egyptian antiquities officials said.

Modern Kazakhstan is built upon a foundation of different cultures, khanates, and empires across history. A routine fire patrol, operating some 200 miles northwest of the country's capital, Astana, ...

After that, Egyptian royals were buried at the Valley of the Kings near ancient Thebes.) "I found the statue hidden under the sand, and nearby was a false door inscribed with the name 'Messi,'" Zahi ...

Five carbonized loaves of communion bread, dating back to the 7th-8th centuries AD, have emerged from the ruins of ancient Eirenopolis, providing unprecedented insight into Byzantine religious ...