Detail from a 16th-century map of the Italian city Civitavecchia, housed at the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican Museum, shows an obelisk’s transfer by boat. The monument was one of two taken from ...

A 40-mile stretch of a long-gone branch of the Nile may explain why the ancient monuments were built where they were. Children ride a donkey near the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt ...

These Nubian kings left a centuries-long legacy in Egypt These Nubian kings left a centuries-long legacy in Egypt For ancient Egyptians, dance was a huge part of daily life For ancient Egyptians ...

The painters of ancient Egypt could not have been more different: Creators of some of the world’s most iconic art, they worked anonymously, continuing a style whose precepts were laid down at ...

Tombs & temples: Egypt Ancient Egyptian society owed much to the Nile, its fertile banks providing rich farmland, its waters allowing for the construction of vast tombs and temples.

These two ancient empires shaped Passover The holiday celebrates the Israelites’ liberation from Egyptian slavery, but it continued evolving after the Neo-Babylonians conquered Jerusalem in 587 B.C.