Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow ...

CAIRO — Egypt on Saturday was inaugurating the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, the world's largest museum dedicated to an ancient civilization — a megaproject also aimed at boosting the country's ...

A new wave of research has revived one of history's greatest mysteries: the story of Atlantis. Filmmaker and archaeologist Michael Donnellan claims that evidence preserved by Egypt's ancient priests ...

From honeyed bread and beer to figs, fish, and onions, the diet of ancient Egyptians reveals a civilization powered by ...

CAIRO (AP) — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, a ...

Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...

In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, a megaproject ...

Excerpted from Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations by Sam Kean. Copyright ...

Step into the golden sands of ancient Egypt, where gods ruled both heaven and earth. From Ra, the sun god, to Isis, the divine mother, and Anubis, guardian of the dead — these deities shaped the ...

The Nile was the lifeblood of ancient Egypt, and its inundation was the pivotal annual event in Egyptian civilization. Every summer, between May and September, the river gradually swelled until it ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...