Just above the entrance to the Great Pyramid, hidden in plain sight, is a square of carved hieroglyphs tourists never see. What do these ancient words reveal ...

After millennia of silence, the walls of the Great Pyramid have yielded a secret: red‑ochre hieroglyphs hiding in the ...

Some trips give you beautiful photos; others change the way you see the world. Life-altering travel usually happens when you ...

A complete copy of the Canopus Decree in hieroglyphics has been presented in Egypt, a unique discovery after 150 years.

Queen Nefertiti co-ruled with Pharaoh Akhenaten, whose reign transformed ancient Egypt's religion and gender roles in the ...

Elinor Rolfe Johnson stunned the audience at Shrewsbury's Alington Hall, with a moving performance of Wagner's 'Liebestod' ...

A 1,300-year-old Mayan altar at Copan reveals new interpretations suggesting that its carved hands conceal four dates from the calendar.

What do you know about Ancient Egypt, Pandas? I'll be honest – my personal knowledge pretty much begins and ends with the 1999 classic "The Mummy." And it's a shame, since the film is not historically ...

Before the invention of alphabets, literacy was the purview of Egyptian and Mesopotamian scribes trained in complex writing systems that could take years to master. Proto-Sinaitic script, which uses a ...

I’m not sure the first Thanksgiving was on Turtle Island. Ooh, did I ruffle any feathers with that statement? I hope so. I’ve been mostly ...

Egypt’s travelling exhibitions are rewriting global tourism as the display of ancient treasures abroad inspires new journeys ...