S ome trees alive today were young saplings when the Egyptian pyramids were still works in progress. Individual Great Basin ...

According to research published in Nature's npj Heritage Science journal, Professor Sayed Hemeda of Cairo University's Department of Preservation of Architectural Heritage has identified structural ...

After 120 years, the jewelry is still entirely in the family, but at a new address. There are high ceilings, soaring windows, ...

The Governorate of AlUla commemorated the International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage, observed annually on October 17.

A deep sense of unease has gripped Iran since US and Israeli airstrikes in June - but many citizens are just trying to get by ...

Maynard Owen Williams was National Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and in 1923 he was on hand for an event the ...

Archaeologists identified the tomb owners by reading titles carved on walls and lintels. The names are Amun-em-Ipet from the ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival of summer. Flames rise behind a performer at the Beltain Celtic Fire ...

As the new director of Frieze Masters, Emanuela Tarizzo wants to build bridges between historical art and a new generation of ...

At Abu Ghorub, one of Egypt’s oldest Sun Temples, archaeologists have uncovered granite and alabaster artifacts cut with machine like precision. This investigation examines how Old Kingdom engineers ...

Did you know that ancient Egyptians spent nearly half the year celebrating festivals? Around their temples, people would feast, dance, and even hold trials for the gods to give "verdicts". Temples ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...