Archaeologists working at the animal cemetery at Berenike have documented remains from three dozen primates, marking a significant shift in Roman pet-keeping practices. Previously, the handful of ...

What do we know about the legendary Egyptian King Sesostris? Was he a real person? According to evidence, he was.

A rare example of a sun hat from late Roman Egypt that was stitched together from fabrics in five colors.

The team analyzed DNA from 225 ancient cat specimens collected across Europe, North Africa, and Anatolia. These were were bones and teeth spanning more than 10,000 years of human history. From these ...

From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...

New DNA studies show domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread later than believed, while ancient China lived ...

The Berenike monkeys, on the other hand, have been identified as rhesus macaques and bonnet macaques, as well as one grivet, ...

In the golden heat of Aswan’s cliffs, a small cloud of dust rose as archaeologists pried open a sealed rock-cut doorway. For ...

There’s something electric about walking down a street where every stone beneath your feet has witnessed empires rise and fall. In a handful of places around the globe, the ancient past doesn’t hide ...

The Assyrian business community also had the first businesswomen and female investors. Generous tax breaks were given to ...

While Mother Nature is undoubtedly a master artist, humanity has also sculpted its own breathtaking masterpieces across the ...

Peru’s embassy in Cairo inaugurated a photographic exhibition highlighting the cultural legacy of the ancient Inca Trail to ...