Evidence of textile workshops demonstrates that girls’ labour was valued enough to be documented in administrative records ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

In the beginning, only a boundless expanse of water known as Nun existed. Within this watery abyss, Atum, the self-created ...

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Zias, published in the journal Levant, reveals how ancient Phoenicians may have incorporated cleansing into their religious ...

The ancient tomb, found in Abydos, Egypt, is thought to belong to a pharaoh who ruled 3,600 years ago, during a time of ...

The researchers shared their surprising findings in a new study that highlights the importance of using science to examine art and antiquity.

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Among the dead, scholars identified no fewer than 11 pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s splendid New Kingdom period, including Seti I, whose body was missing from his magnificent tomb, and Ramses the ...

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PULLMAN, Wash. — Egyptian blue is a color that is over 5,000 years old. From the tombs of pharaohs to Roman frescoes, this brilliant blue pigment adorned everything from sacred artifacts to everyday ...

As our ancestors developed more advanced tools and cultural practices, they also developed new ways of explaining concepts to ...