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

Archaeology & History Scientists Have Recreated the Long-Lost Formula for Ancient Egyptian Blue Pigment It started out as a “fun” museum project, but it could have high-tech applications.

Jorbeer, a unique vulture conservation reserve near Bikaner, Rajasthan, attracts thousands of birds of prey every winter.

Archaeologists have spotted it on ancient coffins, sculptures, murals and ceramics. The oldest known sample of Egyptian blue decorates a small alabaster bowl dating to 3250 B.C.E.

However, the ancient Egyptian mummy, housed at the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy, has now shown that the plague was also prevalent in North Africa at the start of the Bronze Age, reports the Mirror US.

Artist Paul Manship, born St. Paul, MN 1885-died New York City 1966 Exhibition Label Manship created Sketch of Egyptian Jackals while touring Egypt in 1924. In this drawing, he mimicked the outline ...

The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great public works. He ruled Egypt for two-thirds of a century (roughly 1279 ...

Paper, invented in China around the 2nd century BCE, did not spread to the rest of the world until much later, as it remained within the country for half a millennium, and it wasn’t until the 11th ...

When people think about Egyptian discoveries, they often conjure images of pharaohs and high-ranking officials, their tombs ...