We know surprisingly little about the lives of children in ancient Egypt. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great ...

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

Having a lot of children can cause headaches when settling issues of inheritance. Even more so when a royal throne is part of ...

For centuries, children in Ancient Egypt learned to read using a text known as The Satire of the Trades, a document dating back to around 2400 BCE. This educational text presents advice from a father ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

In the second book of Moses (Exodus 1:8), it is stated: “Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.” This could refer to a Pharaoh after the expulsion of the Hyksos, who ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...