The fact that Ramesses II lived to around age 90 was, in itself, quite a feat in ancient Egypt. At the time "most people died ...

The oldest confirmed case of the illness shows the bubonic plague circulated in North Africa thousands of years before the ...

Utility workers excavating trenches to expand the network of natural gas pipelines in Peru’s capital have uncovered a ...

Yet these primordial grave-diggers weren’t quite like us, and new research reveals that a young child from the world’s oldest ...

The Saqqara Necropolis, the burial ground for the ancient capital city of Memphis located south of Cairo, recently announced ...

A Co Antrim primary school studying ancient Egyptian history “brought the topic to life” after performing an Egyptian-themed ...

Then Hussein’s donkey tripped on something – upon further examination it was an ancient step. The workers soon uncovered 14 ancient steps on that hot day in August 1922 that led to the tomb of the ...

Eileen Ogintz Let’s hear it for ambitious kids ... were mummies, huge statues, some placed up the central staircase, all varieties of jewelry and anything and everything ancient Egyptians ...

Three tombs 'made by pure Egyptian hands' have been found in the archaeological site of Dra Abu el-Naga on the Luxor West ...