Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

The handful animal ghosts in the ancient world are often depicted not as friendly visitors but as mere tools for humans – and ...

The Archimedes screw, an ancient Greek invention for lifting water. Learn about its origins, how it works, and its modern ...

Seven institutions in Egypt will loan more than 200 works to the Hong Kong Palace Museum later this year for a blockbuster ...

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

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

A newly unearthed tomb dating back more than 3,600 years has revealed fresh clues about a little-understood period in Ancient ...

Tales of ghost animals in our modern world are ... a document from Graeco-Roman Egypt that’s written mostly in ancient Greek. This handbook of spells and magic rituals was used by professional ...

A reported attack by a caracal wild cat on Israeli soldiers has gone viral among social media users in the Arab world.

Animals in ancient Egypt were mummified for use as votive offerings. The objects often took the form of the god being offered to—in this case, the croc-headed god Sobek. (From cats to crocodiles ...