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 ...

Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín continues his ongoing exploration of the knot and its capacity for metaphor at Elizabeth Xi Bauer ...

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

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

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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