The 5,000-year-old manuscript was discovered in an Egyptian tomb and is believed to hold knowledge about the origins of ...

A 5,000-year-old book which was discovered in an Egyptian tomb has been decoded and is said to contain a "horrifying" message ...

Evidence of textile workshops demonstrates that girls’ labour was valued enough to be documented in administrative records ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

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 ...

“When I first saw the reconstruction, I saw some of my indigenous friends from Huarmey in this face,” says National ... Giersz says that ancient textiles found elsewhere in Peru may have ...

The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great public works.He ruled Egypt for two-thirds of a century (roughly 1279 ...