The Nile was the lifeblood of ancient Egypt, and its inundation was the pivotal annual event in Egyptian civilization. Every summer, between May and September, the river gradually swelled until it ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza has been studied for centuries, yet new technology is still revealing features that earlier ...

Across caves, jungles, and deserts, archaeologists are piecing together traces of societies that slipped from written history ...