A new study revealed which ancient empire had the greatest inequality, challenging beliefs about Rome and China.

Researchers have discovered an extensive and remarkably well-preserved system of ancient irrigation canals in the Eridu ...

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

Even in India, where the caste system was most rigid, the practice has been officially banned since 1950. Essentially, a caste system is a rigid assignment of social status based on inheritance.

It wasn’t always this way. Sri Lanka’s Dry Zone was once home to a sophisticated civilization that thrived on a hydraulic-based system, an ancient irrigation network designed to manage alternating wet ...

Scientists Corrado Malanga from the University of Pisa and Filippo Biondi from the University of Strathclyde used Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) tomography to scan the Khafre Pyramid and found an ...

(NewsNation) — New skeletons hidden in Egyptian pyramids are raising questions about long-standing assumptions regarding the role of pyramids in ancient Egyptian culture. Skeletons discovered at ...

How we think about Ancient Egypt has been dramatically altered forever after a recent discovery by archaeologists. And it is all to do with pyramids. Right now, more than 110 of the four sided ...

First Royal Tomb Since King Tut Discovered Mohamed Abdel Badie—head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities—noted that the pharaoh’s tomb is much larger than ...

The tomb is believed to be from Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, when the Hyksos ruled northern Egypt and multiple Egyptian kings controlled the south. Josef Wegner, a professor of Egyptology ...

Hidden skeletons found in Egyptian pyramids reveal surprising historical twist. This region was under Egyptian control 3,500 years ago when the civilisation was at its zenith, but by this time ...

Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an Egyptian army where an Israelite king was killed. The discoveries at Megiddo, which inspired "Armageddon," reinforce biblical stories about King ...