In his work The Histories, ancient Greek historian Herodotus wrote that the Greeks borrowed much of their knowledge, ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

Ancient structures believed to have been built by aliens have emerged as human or natural features, but their stories are no ...

Calculation principles found in a papyrus scroll, and an author shares his love of lichens in this week’s pick from the Nature archive. Snippets from Nature’s past.

In search of "the rule" for ancient Egyptian architecture -- 2. Mathematics and architecture in ancient Egypt -- Pt. II. Ancient Egyptian sources : construction and representation of space. Introd. to ...

For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, Ph.D. candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different.

Archaeologists have spotted it on ancient coffins, sculptures, murals and ceramics. The oldest known sample of Egyptian blue decorates a small alabaster bowl dating to 3250 B.C.E.

After thousands of years in the afterlife you might expect to stink like a moldy old scrotum, but as it turns out, ancient Egyptian mummies are still surprisingly easy on the nose. A credit to ...

A Co Antrim primary school studying ancient Egyptian history “brought the topic to life” after performing an Egyptian-themed flash mob in Belfast. Pupils from two P5 classes at St Joseph’s ...