Today the deserts of the Arabian peninsula are inhospitable - but 100,000 years ago the area was full of animals and ancient ...

The claim that Christianity borrowed the Egyptian ankh symbol is everywhere online — but how much of it holds up? The ankh ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...

French and Egyptian archaeologists exploring ancient Egypt's Tanis necropolis found a puzzling body in the tomb of a king.

Now that the Grand Egyptian Museum is fully open, it's a great time to plan a trip to Egypt. Here's what you can easily do on ...

Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...

Highlights from this massive archaeological museum include the complete collection of treasures discovered within King Tut’s ...