An ancient Greco-Roman settlement in Egypt survived longer than traditionally assumed, archaeologists have proposed in a study. The study, published in the journal Antiquity, reports that the ...

Archaeologists excavating a site in Aswan, Egypt, found 33 tombs with mummies and artifacts from the Greco-Roman period over 1,300 years ago. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Construction workers noticed “toolmarks” on large stones in Marsaxlokk area and found ruins of a Greco-Roman quarry, archaeologists said. Photo from the Malta Superintendent of Cultural Heritage ...

The building and the paintings date back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras. A huge 2,300-year-old funerary building and a number of mummy portraits were discovered in Egypt's southern province of Fayoum ...