Mummification was a sacred funeral rite for the ancient Egyptians, who believed that the body of the deceased needed to be ...

A new USC study reveals a dramatic surge in building collapses in the ancient Egyptian port city of Alexandria, directly ...

Scientists studied the scents of ancient Egyptian mummies, revealing embalming materials and conservation effects.

Built for Pharaoh Khufu, the Great Pyramid’s secrets are still being uncovered. Discover the mystery behind Egypt’s most ...

Discovered in 2022, the site is some 1.2 miles away from the Valley of the Kings, where tombs for Thutmose I and III and ...

After a wait of more than two decades, the Grand Egyptian Museum has welcomed visitors into 12 of its galleries – Tamara Davison travels to Cairo to find out if the treasures within are enough to enti ...

Have you ever wondered what a mummy smells like? According to research reported in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, it’s “woody,” “spicy,” and even “sweet.” Researchers analyzed the ...

In a Polish forest, metal detectorists discovered a Roman spatha sword, dating back over 1,700 years, near Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The sword, broken in two, might have been used by Vandal warriors ...

Fruit baskets -with fruit still inside- that are more than 2,200 years old were found in Heracleion, the ancient underwater city of Egypt.

The hidden tomb of a ‘brutal’ Egyptian pharaoh has been discovered 3,500 years since his death. Archaeologists revealed the ...

A stunning city is one of the world's oldest but it is constantly overshadowed by its more famous neighbour. Luxor is on the ...

Much of the early search for a lost Indus Valley language centred on the seals that were found when the old cities were ...