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

Archaeologists in South Sinai, Egypt, uncover ancient rock art, tools, and inscriptions showing thousands of years of human activity.

Luxor was my second major stop in Egypt, and after cramming as many iconic sites as possible into the past couple of days in ...

Teaming up, archaeologists try to answer historical mysteries and boost understanding of each other's past, unveiling parallels in their origins and philosophies, Wang Ru reports. The construction ...

The city of Naucratis was the earliest ancient Greek colony in Egypt that served as the connecting and trading post between ...

Civilization 7 developers Firaxis have announced that they're aiming to drop a big update with in-depth feature overhauls dubbed Test of Time this spring.

Astrology, the belief that the positions of celestial bodies influence earthly events and human lives, has been a pervasive force across cultures and time periods. Learn more about the history of ...

Cleopatra’s story is often seen through a prism of great drama, romance and spectacle, her rule coming at the very end of pharaonic history. But her position as the definitive image of the ‘female ...

Archaeologists working near Luxor have identified the remains of a large royal city dating back around 3,400 years, offering a detailed look at daily life during one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful ...

The belief that the pyramids were not built by human hands has fascinated conspiracy theorists for decades. No one promoted that idea more persistently than Swiss author Erich von Däniken, often ...

The construction methods of the enormous Egyptian pyramids have long remained a puzzle. Some have even argued that they could not have been constructed solely by the ancient Egyptians, suggesting the ...

Archaeologist, lecturer, and a former Minister of Antiquities in Egypt, Dr. Zahi Hawass has spent a lifetime digging through the sands of his native homeland and traveling the world to explain what ...