A journey through southern Egypt turns into a deep dive into one of the most mysterious civilizations in human history. From ...

When two British explorers excavated the remnants of the ancient Greek city of Cyrene in 1861, many tombs had already been ...

Our team — which includes archaeologists from Macquarie University, France's HiSoMA research unit, and the Polish Academy of ...

In February 2019, a Manhattan prosecutor seized a golden mummy coffin from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, concluding that it ...

The Pyramids of Giza sit about 11 miles southwest of downtown Cairo on the Giza Plateau. The pyramids are open daily from 7 a ...

Who was the greatest Pharaoh of ancient Egypt? Was 'Rameses the Great' really that great or just an excellent self-promoter?

Answer: Buzz Lightyear. Answer: A Pokmon. Answer: Scar. Answer: Turning Red. This article was originally published on www.mentalfloss.com as The Best Trivia Questions For Kids to Test Their Knowledge.

In 2019, Egyptian archaeologists found what looked like a pie-shaped, Graeco-Roman structure of red bricks in Northern Sinai. At the time, the team concluded that they’d found seats for the Senate ...

Think you’ll forget it? Write it down. Apparently, this approach for remembering grocery lists, house chores, deliveries, and the like was also a huge part of life for ancient Egyptians living over ...

Researchers found a 3,300-year-old papyrus where an artist used white pigment to slim a jackal figure. The correction appears in a Book of the Dead created for the royal scribe Ramose. Analysis ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Re-examination of an Egyptian artifact discovered about 100 years ago led researchers to realize it is an ancient “bow drill.” The copper and leather ...

In ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. One of the most mysterious and iconic monuments of ancient Egypt is the Great Sphinx of Giza. You’ve ...