Carvings in a turquoise mine from around 1800 BC appear to mention a wise man named Moses. But scholars are skeptical that it ...

The ancient pyramids of Egypt, particularly those from the Old Kingdom, are home to some of the largest and most magnificent stones ever placed by human hands. These massive megaliths, often ...

Researchers have unveiled an ancient Egyptian handprint that was left on a soul house tomb offering 4,000 years ago.

Ancient cultural blending is shown by the Egyptian genome. This is a genetic connection to Mesopotamia dating back nearly ...

A look at a truly mysterious painting, 'The Questioner of the Sphinx', by Elihu Vedder, and the context in which it was ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ancient Egyptian, who lived when the earliest pyramids were built ...

The ancient Egyptians had a migrating new year The Egyptian calendar had 365 days in a year, but it did not have a leap year. The lack of a leap year meant that, over time, Wepet Renpet "wandered ...

A 4,000-year-old handprint has been discovered on a clay model used for offerings in an Ancient Egyptian tomb.

A handprint left 4,000 years ago on a clay model crafted to go inside an Egyptian tomb has been discovered during preparation ...