More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

CAIRO, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered three ancient rock-cut tombs in the Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis near Aswan, dating back to the Old Kingdom period (2686-2181 BC), the ...

An Egyptian genome has finally been unraveled, thanks to a sample from an at least 4,500 year-old mummy dating back to the ...

In ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, canopic jars were used to hold human organs that were removed during the mummification ...

The Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Qubbet El-Hawa necropolis in Aswan has uncovered three unknown rock-cut ...

It was used in art and burial practices. Source: Metropolitian Museum of Art The Eye of Horus, shown as a stylised eye pointing forward, is a well-known symbol in Egyptian culture .

Whereas ancient Egyptian funeral practices tended to be lavish and grandiose, early Christian burials favored simplicity. The bodies in the church were wrapped in linens, and only two were inside ...

A CLEVER team of archaeologists have unearthed a trio of ancient tombs which all belonged to a peculiar set of Egyptians. The three ornate burial sites date back more than 3,500 years and were disc… ...

4 Outlandish Ancient Burial Practices To Protect The Living ... Is it grisly? Yes. But, in a way, it’s kind of better than, say, your Egyptian pharaohs’ beliefs, right?

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old tomb that belonged to an ancient Egyptian governor's daughter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...