The barques were loaded. Food, tools and supplies to endure several years beyond the frontiers of the known world. Five thousand crew and six thousand children – reputedly all virgins, the purest ...

He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is ...

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Ancient Egypt is far from finished revealing its secrets, as a major new discovery has been made. Archaeologists have discovered three tombs of prominent statesmen, understood to be more than ...

Ancient Egypt was shaped more by its geography than anything else. The Nile River and the deserts that frame it defined Egypt’s agriculture, religion, politics, and architecture. The Nile was not just ...

Few civilizations have a more mysterious reputation than Ancient Egypt. But the point of a mystery is to solve it, and over the years researchers have learned a lot about the land of hieroglyphs ...

Below, read more about the obsession with ancient Egypt that has gripped the world since Roman times. And above, look through 33 photos that reveal the extent of the craze. Early Fascination With ...

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The author says that the shackles are a reminder that the beauty and riches of ancient Egypt were created by a culture also characterized by quotidian cruelties. Nature 640 , 11 (2025) doi: https ...

Ancient humans were regularly making tools out of animal bones 1.5 million years ago – more than a million years earlier than previously thought. This indicates that they could adapt the ...

From the stone that unlocked hieroglyphics to towering statues and eerie mummies, the British Museum’s Ancient Egypt collection is a must-see for history lovers. ByDavid Nikel, Senior ...