Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.

While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient artifacts in Syria marked with the oldest known alphabetic symbols.

Egyptian zodiac signs originate from ancient Egyptian astrology, often linked to the deities and their influence on life. Nick Brundle Photography / Getty Images ...

The woodcut is reminiscent of the iconographical motif of the City on the Mount. The City on the Mount is a symbol of life. It is the origin from which creation springs; it is here that life will find ...

No sci-fi depiction of Ancient Egypt or even an alien corpse lying around. But instead of feeling like some great discovery, it just felt like an excuse to put spaceships at the end. It also ...

(AP Video by Ahmed Hatem) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the foreign ministry headquarters in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, ...