There are many common misconceptions about ancient Egypt that historians and scholars alike have debunked. Credits: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Many misconceptions about ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A new Met exhibit, “Divine Egypt,” showcases ...

The unification of Upper and Lower Egypt was one of the most important events in ancient history. This diplomatic and military feat is generally attributed to Pharaoh Narmer, and is dated to around ...

The mention of ancient Egypt usually conjures images of colossal pyramids and precious, golden tombs. But as with most civilizations, the invisible world of infectious disease underpinned life and ...

One of the largest tombs in Egypt's Valley of the Kings reopened to visitors after more than 20 years of renovation. The huge tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C. and 1350 ...

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

The Old Kingdom of Egypt, also known as the ‘Age of the Pyramids’, refers to the period from the Third Dynasty to the Sixth Dynasty (2686 to 2181 BCE). This period has fascinated archaeologists for ...

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human genome sequence from ancient Egypt. The remains are 4,800 to 4,500 years old ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers sequenced ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo provided by researchers shows rock-cut ...

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 matches ...