Could an Egyptian coffin, dated 5,000 years ago, hold the answer to one of the night sky’s greatest mysteries? University of Portsmouth astrophysicist Dr. Or Graur has set both Egyptology and ...

For ancient Greeks, every waterway was protected by nymphs. They were invariably ageless young girls who existed even before ...

As the official story of Cleopatra's death goes, the Egyptian queen locked herself in a mausoleum in Alexandria on an August day in 30 B.C.E. and sent for a venomous snake. After she received an asp, ...

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...