In a groundbreaking scientific discovery, an international research team has successfully sequenced the first whole ancient ...

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 ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C.

Long-term variations in Nile floods are beyond the perceptions of people. The Nile, today and during the prosperous times of the Old Kingdom, is regarded unquestionably as the source of life in Egypt.

The Egyptian Old Kingdom ended over 4,000 years ago, but amazingly we still have access to a number of primary sources dating from the era. Jaromir Malek uncovers the evidence. The historical ...

A rare discovery of a tomb from ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom near Luxor may hold several generations from a single family. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

‘Ancient Egypt's Darkest Hour’ puts the Old Kingdom in a new light Investigations into a 4000-year-old grave add to what we know about the dynamic culture of Ancient Egypt. Salima Ikram in the ...

According to Egyptian experts, the tombs date back to the Old Kingdom (2700-2200 BC) and First Intermediate (2181-2055 BC) eras. Mostafa El-Waziri, the head of Egypt's Supreme Antiquities Council ...