The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

In a study published in the journal Iran, researcher Gad Barnea has uncovered new evidence suggesting that Zoroastrian ...

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Ancient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

Researchers studied the geologic history around the Karnak Temple near Luxor to distinguish when the famed temple could have been constructed. The team found the site was once underwater before the ...

Like something out of Stargate SG1, hieroglyphs lie hidden within a remote sandstone canyon in the deep bush of Australia—hoax or history?

The lives and craft of ancient Egyptian artisans are the subject of a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Sketch showing a stonemason at work, holding a chisel ...

The ancient site of Karnak is one of the most impressive places to visit in Egypt. Situated just a short distance from the Nile, this enormous temple complex was once considered to be the spiritual ...