Chlamydia trachomatis is the world's leading cause of infectious blindness, and has been documented in Egypt for over 3,000 years.

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 ...

On a hilltop in east-central Poland, archaeologists uncovered a rare Iron Age scalpel with a pointed iron blade likely used for trepanation—an early skull-surgery technique practiced by cultures from ...

Arab Finance: Egypt and Tunisia are mulling over reinforcing bilateral trade and investment cooperation, with a goal to increase trade volume to EGP 1 billion in the upcoming period, according to a ...

New Delhi: This Children’s Day, Titan Eye+ has drawn on an ancient tradition to encourage parents across India to check their child’s eyesight. The company has launched the “Ek Tara Test”, a campaign ...

Excerpted from Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean. Copyright ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Archaeologists in Poland have unearthed an ancient artifact that sheds light on medical practices in the 4th to 3rd centuries B.C. The excavators uncovered a rare iron tool ...

Two seemingly unrelated media spectacles have caused substantial hubbub in Arab culture over the past month. The first was an enormous controversy ignited by the inclusion of American comedians in the ...