A ritual and funerary landscape is emerging in northwestern Africa, revealing connections with the Mediterranean, Atlantic and the Saharan regions.

The Bronze Age Xiaohe culture (ca. 1950–1400 BCE) is renowned for its distinctive funerary practices and exceptional organic ...

It doesn’t matter what the rest of it is, which was really quite surprising to us,” said John McCloy, director of Washington ...

The young prostitute Rachel, the recipient of van Gogh’s ear, reminds us of how stigma and social context shape a patient’s ...

Bureaucratic restrictions challenge Christians in Egypt hoping to build new churches. They are often treated as second-class ...

Read on to find out more about 21 of the world’s most beautiful castles, fortified homes that are both a feast for the eyes ...

The Penn Museum has been involved in archaeological research in Egypt for more than a century. Most of the material in the ...

From the spotted Egyptian Mau to the elegant Turkish Angora, these are the oldest breeds that still exist today ...

From the fairytale towers of Bavaria’s Neuschwanstein to the golden battlements of Jaipur’s Amber Fortress in India, these ...

Ancient Greek trireme warships, which had three banks of oarsmen, were so effective that they enabled the rise of Athens as a ...

From the tombs of pharaohs to Roman frescoes, Egyptian blue adorned everything from sacred artifacts to everyday pottery.

Scientists at Washington State University not only discovered how to recreate the color known as "Egyptian Blue," they also ...