The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II is the first royal crypt discovered in recent years, and scientists have new powerful tools ...

Further excavations have revealed at least 200 burials and a wealth of grave goods dating to the ninth through sixth centuries B.C.E. Artifacts like weapons and armor hint at trade with ...

New discoveries are breaking old assumptions about Viking women, rewriting history by restoring them to their rightful place on the battlefield.

“Most of the hominins that we see during this period of time are hybrids ,” study author Professor Yossi Zaidner told ...

Archaeologists unearthed graves filled with "grave goods," objects that in some cultures were traditionally buried with the dead as a sort of sacrificial gesture, as well as cremated human remains ...

And because this tomb was flooded shortly after Thutmose II's burial, his mummy and the majority of his grave goods were removed by ancient officials and placed elsewhere — but their ultimate ...

Experts believe flooding in the area fully preserved the site and the bevy of grave goods that were inside the tombs. A fully preserved burial ground—complete with 7.8-foot-tall stelae used as ...