The first complete DNA study of an Ancient Egyptian has revealed he was probably a celebrated potter who was given an oddly ...

Researchers have sequenced the first whole ancient Egyptian genome from an individual who lived 4,500 to 4,800 years ago — ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

An Egyptian genome has finally been unraveled, thanks to a sample from an at least 4,500 year-old mummy dating back to the ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

Tucked away in Houston’s northern reaches sits a museum that gives new meaning to the phrase “deadly serious” – the National Museum of Funeral History. This isn’t your typical “let’s go see some ...

The Egyptian archaeological mission working at the Qubbet El-Hawa necropolis in Aswan has uncovered three unknown rock-cut ...

CAIRO, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered three ancient rock-cut tombs in the Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis near Aswan, dating back to the Old Kingdom period (2686-2181 BC), the ...

The National Museum of Funeral History houses the country’s largest collection of funeral service artifacts and memorabilia, offering a surprisingly upbeat look at how we’ve commemorated our dearly ...