Dr. Zahi Hawass says builders were not slaves; they wouldn't have been buried 'in the shadow of the pyramids'.

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

For the very first time, scientists have sequenced DNA from the entire genome of an individual who lived in ancient Egypt up ...

More than 4,500 years ago, at the dawn of Egypt’s pyramid age, a man was laid to rest in a ceramic pot. He was then sealed ...

The quest for longevity has captivated humanity since the dawn of civilization—from ancient Egyptian mummification rituals ...

Turkish authorities on Monday (June 30) detained three people over a satirical drawing published by weekly magazine Leman ...

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An artifact from Iowa State University, linked to George Washington Carver's rediscovery of Egyptian blue, was displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Depictions of the blue lotus appear everywhere in Egyptian art and artifacts. It adorns temple walls, jewelry, and ceremonial objects. The flower appears in countless paintings showing it being ...