Everyone knows that the Egyptian pyramids are ancient — but exactly how old are they? Historians estimate that they were ...

The African wildcat was first tamed in ancient Egypt some 4,000 years ago, marking the beginning of cat domestication. Cats ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed an impressive mining complex dating back 3,000 years, which had been used to extract gold and pulverize and filter quartz.

Not many examples of ancient Egyptian houses have survived because they were built a very long time ago. Houses would have been built of mud-bricks with floors made from earth. They had living ...

"Pharaoh" originally meant "great house," but later came to mean king ... beneath the desert sands revise our understanding of ancient Egypt. This web site will show you science in action ...

Other sections of the ruins included the homes of workers ... said their finds provide a better understanding of ancient Egyptian mining technology and offer a glimpse into the life of miners.

This space featured houses, workshops ... Khaled said that the find furthers our understanding of ancient Egyptians mining techniques used to extract gold from rock, while adding insight into ...