Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

In Nes-Min’s case, CT scanning revealed a collapsed lumbar vertebra - an injury pattern that suggests age-related wear and tear and likely long-term discomfort. According to Summer Decker, head of 3D ...

Almost a century ago, American archaeologists working near the Pyramids of Giza made an incredible discovery: a secret burial chamber littered with gilded treasures. They’d just uncovered the tomb of ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Looking for the best books on Ancient Egypt? Here’s our curated reading list – from beginner-friendly texts to academic classics and engrossing novels.

Ancient Egypt. Pyramids. A video for KS2 pupils exploring pyramids in Ancient Egypt - their construction, purpose and the ways they evolved. BBC Teach.

Archaeologists working near Luxor have identified the remains of a large royal city dating back around 3,400 years, offering ...

A lesser-known period in Egyptian history has just been unearthed. Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists, alongside the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have discovered a massive tomb ...

CAIRO — The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt in its main galleries starting this week in a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The temple is part of the ancient Memphis archaeological site dating back over 5,100 years, at a site that was then the capital of ...