Were the Ancient Greeks racist? In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Ancient Civilizations series, we explore primary ...

An unusual depiction of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut may include a representation of the "Dark River" or "Great Rift"—the band along the Milky Way caused by dust clouds.. This is the ...

Item 1 of 4 Field work takes place near the site where the tomb chamber, dating to about 3,600 years ago, of an unknown ancient Egyptian king was discovered during excavations by Penn Museum and ...

These include texts hidden inside medieval book bindings or ancient Egyptian mummy wrappings, for which “it’s here, and we hold the physical object, but we can’t read the writing”.

The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of ancient King Thutmose II, who is thought to have reigned from about 1493 BC to 1479 BC.

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a still-shiny bronze sword engraved with the name of King Ramses II in ...