A rock shelter discovered in the southern Sinai Desert contains designs and inscriptions spanning a period of 10,000 years, ...

5,000-year-old discovery rewrites history of ancient Egyptian technology ...

Discover shocking evidence of ancient cataclysmic heat damage at the Rameseum in Egypt. Explore the massive granite sculptures, scorched surfaces, and high-polish hieroglyphics that suggest advanced ...

A long-overlooked Ancient Egyptian tool is now reshaping what archaeologists know about the origins of human engineering. A ...

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

The British Museum has removed the word Palestine from displays about the ancient Middle East following complaints.

The team then developed two ways to present ancient scents to the public. Alongside the artifacts that inspired this project, ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic ...

However, careful reexaminations indicate the “little awl” is far more significant than originally believed—so much so that it ...

The newly uncovered basin lies west of the Temple of Maat (dedicated to Maat, the goddess associated with truth, justice, and cosmic order) and covers more than 50 square meters, according to the ...

Beyond the mines: Archaeologists uncover a massive 3,000-year-old gold processing city in Egypt’s Eastern Desert. Discover the ancient smelting furnaces, residential districts, and the 628 'Ostraca' ...

Evolutionary biologists have long believed that the human-biting mosquito, Culex pipiens form molestus, evolved from the bird-biting form, Culex pipiens form pipiens, in subways and cellars in ...