The altar stands in the courtyard of what was once a wealthy, influential person’s home in Tikal. At just over 1 meter tall, ...

Remains of other children were also found on three sides of the altar. Lorena Paiz, the archaeologist who led the discovery, ...

Arguments still rage about how the pyramids were built, but a new discovery has taken giant steps toward the incredible truth ...

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and ...

Instead of referring to sounds in an essentially arbitrary way, pictures refer to the world. As such, they require no ...

Commercial posters, billboards are not only advertisements but they are historic art documentations, providing a glimpse into ...

From the first week of excavation, volunteers have uncovered historical written documents, exceptional bronze vessels, and remnants of ancient furniture ... including scrolls deliberately hidden in ...

(NewsNation) — New skeletons hidden in Egyptian pyramids are raising questions about long-standing assumptions regarding the role of pyramids in ancient Egyptian culture. Skeletons discovered at ...

First Royal Tomb Since King Tut Discovered Mohamed Abdel Badie—head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector ... Wheat roots and seeds from ancient plants were also found. Sherif Fathy—Minister ...

Archaeologists uncover an ancient burial site with Egyptian, Greek, and Roman graves at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ...

Archaeologists have uncovered hidden remains under Egyptian pyramids, challenging long-held beliefs about burial traditions in Ancient Egypt. Credit: Flickr / NinaR CC BY 2.0 A groundbreaking ...

After analyzing various texts from ancient Greece and Rome, Cecilie Brøns, an archaeologist and curator of ancient art at the Ny Carlsberg ... the statue of Ptolemaic Egyptian Queen Berenice ...