Shepseskaf's decision to build a mastaba instead of a pyramid has puzzled archaeologists for centuries, as it marked a ...

"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens." ...

A rare total solar eclipse that darkened the skies of ancient Egypt in 2471 B.C. may have played a role in a remarkable ...

the Karnak complex was ancient Egypt’s largest and most significant religious sites. For more than 1,500 years beginning in the Middle Kingdom, rulers added structures to the area—Thutmose II ...

New insights reveal where Bronze Age Mycenae's gold may have originated, from Thrace to Egypt and further afield.

Everyone knows that the Egyptian pyramids are ancient — but exactly how old are they? Historians estimate that they were ...

The northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) is an extravagant waterbird adapted to forage in dry, open habitats, and is ...

Did you know every month has two corresponding birth flowers? Find out the name and meaning behind your primary and secondary ...

Funerary stele inscribed with “ΙΧΘΥϹ ΖΩΝΤΩΝ” (“fish of the living”), an early Christian symbol. National Roman Museum ... Imagine walking through the streets of ancient Rome under the shadow of ...