Cairo’s ancient pyramids rise majestically over the city, a testament to Egypt’s timeless history.

X-ray scans recover an ancient Greek star map beneath a medieval text, revealing Aquarius clues and Hipparchus-linked ...

Exclusive: Zahi Hawass opens up about his new documentary, the latest discoveries changing what we understand about the ...

The complete genome of an ancient Egyptian has been sequenced, revealing genetic links between the Nile and Mesopotamia 5,000 ...

Lost Alexandria on the Tigris Emerges from Iraq’s Dust. A “forgotten Alexandria” on the Tigris is being pulled back into focus by archaeologists using drones and geophysics, ...

Egypt finds the lost tomb of Thutmose II near Luxor, and one royal detail reveals why archaeologists are fascinated.

Do you know who is called the father of geography? Find out how Eratosthenes measured the Earth's circumference and created ...

I began this journey trying to connect the story of Osiris with Jesus, only to discover the similarities are far thinner than most sensational claims suggest. What I found instead was a fascinating ...

Using powerful X-rays, researchers at SLAC are trying to recover erased traces of a 2,000-year-old star catalog that could ...

SLAC researchers used X-ray beams and the particle accelerator to recover the work of an ancient astronomer, who made the earliest known attempt to log the stars.

Southwest Sinai held prized resources, especially copper and turquoise, that drew Egyptian expeditions from very early periods. In this interpretation, the violence isn’t random: it is propaganda, ...

The “prince of the kingdom of Persia” did not terminate his mission even after Persia renamed itself on 21 March 1935 when ...