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

Join me as we explore ancient Egyptian shafts and hidden tombs that hint at engineering far beyond their time. These deep, perfectly cut passages raise questions about how they were built and what ...

Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...

Researchers digitally mapped ancient Chinese tombs and discovered that their distribution mirrors shifts in political stability, population movements, and natural geography. Peaceful, prosperous eras ...

For over 2,300 years, researchers and historians are trying to locate the Alexander the Great Tomb, one of the world's ...

Three recently uncovered tombs on Luxor’s West Bank are rewriting what scholars know about the administrative class of Ancient Egypt. Dating back more than 3,000 years to the New Kingdom, the tombs ...

Faded backlots and once-vibrant sets linger in quiet ruin, holding the last echoes of the worlds they helped create. Here, ...

French and Egyptian archaeologists exploring ancient Egypt's Tanis necropolis found a puzzling body in the tomb of a king.

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet of widespread opiate use in ancient Egypt. A recently analyzed alabaster v ...

Archaeologists have discovered 225 shabtis — figurines meant to work for the deceased in the afterlife — in a pharaoh's tomb.

On a sunny morning, Egyptian workers were clearing the sands at the Valley of the Kings, when they uncovered the hint of stone steps about 13 feet (4 meters) below the tomb of Ramesses VI. This sunken ...

Syria's National Museum reopening to visitors in Damascus on January 8 Louai Beshara / AFP via Getty Images Several ancient Roman statues have been stolen from Syria’s National Museum in Damascus, ...