The fact that Ramesses II lived to around age 90 was, in itself, quite a feat in ancient Egypt. At the time "most people died ...

The oldest confirmed case of the illness shows the bubonic plague circulated in North Africa thousands of years before the ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a ...

The Saqqara Necropolis, the burial ground for the ancient capital city of Memphis located south of Cairo, recently announced ...

A Co Antrim primary school studying ancient Egyptian history “brought the topic to life” after performing an Egyptian-themed ...

Rather than one royal mummy, a cache of mummies was discovered there. Among the dead, scholars identified no fewer than 11 pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s splendid New Kingdom period, including Seti ...

to apply multispectral imaging to the papyrus wrapping which covered ancient Egyptian mummies, and to writing on the wooden coffin of a mummy held at Chiddingstone Castle in Kent. The papyrus covering ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — Egyptian blue is a color that is over 5,000 years old. From the tombs of pharaohs to Roman frescoes, this brilliant blue pigment adorned everything from sacred artifacts to everyday ...

Then Hussein’s donkey tripped on something – upon further examination it was an ancient step. The workers soon uncovered 14 ancient steps on that hot day in August 1922 that led to the tomb of the ...

Eileen Ogintz Let’s hear it for ambitious kids ... were mummies, huge statues, some placed up the central staircase, all varieties of jewelry and anything and everything ancient Egyptians ...

Let’s hear it for ambitious kids! A 12-year-old boy ... There were mummies, huge statues, some placed up the central staircase, all varieties of jewelry and anything and everything ancient Egyptians ...