Abu Ghorub, home to the Old Kingdom Sun Temple, holds mysterious machined artifacts that defy our understanding of ancient ...

This final section completes the journey through Ancient Egyptian history at the Neues Museum, moving from the late Old ...

New evidence reveals that ancient Egyptians were using advanced mummification techniques a full 1,000 years earlier than previously believed, which could dramatically alter our knowledge of this ...

Follow a team of archaeologists as they examine a rare mass grave dating to the collapse of ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom when political infighting and a changing climate brought down an empire. The ...

Dr. Zahi Hawass uncovering Old Kingdom statues at Gisr el-Mudir in Saqqara, Egypt (all photos courtesy Nevine El-Aref) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund our ...

Colorful paintings of daily life in ancient Egypt have been discovered in a tomb dating back more than 4,300 years. The tomb, known as a mastaba, was found in the pyramid necropolis of Dahshur, about ...

A 14-year-old schoolboy in Scotland has helped uncover long-lost medieval stone carvings in a church graveyard. Mark McGettigan was taking part in a community dig to find the lost gravestones at Govan ...

Archeologists have uncovered what may be the oldest mummy ever found in Egypt. The 4,300-year-old mummy was a rich, important 35-year-old man called Djed Sepsh, archaeologist Zahi Hawass, Egypt’s ...

Gyeongju is the seat of the Silla dynasty, the first kingdom to unify what is now known as the Korean Peninsula ...