Ancient Egyptian stonework is often at the center of debates about archaeology, engineering, and the origins of monumental ...

From blush and perfume to hair removal and curls, many modern beauty habits have roots in rituals women practiced centuries ...

All the artifacts for the world's largest-ever exhibition of ancient American civilizations have safely arrived in Shanghai, ...

Zep Tepi, often translated as The First Time, was a fundamental concept in ancient Egyptian religion. It referred to the mythical age of creation, when the gods established order from chaos and laid ...

Several important and beautiful discoveries of Mycenaean gold objects have been made by archaeologists, particularly in royal ...

Also unearthed were fragments of wall statues and terracotta molds, believed to have been used in coin crafting during the ...

Archaeological discoveries in Henan province, from ancient bone flutes to silk artifacts and dragon imagery, trace the roots ...

Ötzi the Iceman, Europe’s most famous mummy, is crawling with microbes, some long dead, some still eking out a living after ...

Many archaeologists believe the famed tower from the Book of Genesis may have had a real historical counterpart in ancient ...

The Egyptians Used an Ancient Version of Wite-Out to Correct Their Mistakes on This Papyrus Scroll 3,300 Years Ago An ancient ...

Excavations near the coast of northern Egypt, at the site of at Tell Kom Aziza, have revealed a cemetery dated to the Greek ...