New research suggests the engraving, which shows an elite individual sitting in a boat, may be up to 5,100 years old ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says the country will first seek diplomatic solutions but will retaliate with ...

A new Eurobarometer report shows that, across the EU, 40% of citizens identify a lack of affordable housing as an immediate and urgent problem in the place where they live.

Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than ...

The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented ...

Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King Tutankhamun's father -- and could reshape our understanding of Egyptian civilization.