Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Egyptologists have excavated a nearly 9,150-square-foot astronomical ...

A deposit of hundreds of mummification tools is likely the largest ever found in Egypt. It could shed light on Ancient Egypt's still-mysterious mummification process. The artifacts suggest a mummy ...

They mummified a human with ancient tools. It got messy. They mummified a human with ancient tools. It got messy. Exclusive: Ancient sunken port discovered from Cleopatra's time Exclusive: Ancient ...

A limestone pillar depicts the goddess Hathor, who was worshipped at the temple. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists have discovered a number of tools that ancient Egyptians ...

Did you know the Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the biggest and oldest statues in the world? It’s about 66 feet tall and 240 ...

The lost city of Imet rises from the Nile Delta, with 2,500-year-old mud houses that stood like skyscrapers in ancient Egypt.

The genome of a man buried at Nuwayrat in Middle Egypt about 4,500–4,800 years ago has been sequenced. Compared with published genomes of ancient individuals, most of the man’s ancestry best matches ...

This story originally appeared on Atlas Obscura and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When Zamede Asfaw was growing up on a farm in eastern Ethiopia, he soaked up plant lore and other ...