The discovery of artifacts near the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun may be the oldest known evidence of a ritual known as the ...

Four trays and four staff found in Tutankhamun's burial chamber in the Valley of the Kings may have been used in an ancient ...

A rare total solar eclipse that darkened the skies of ancient Egypt in 2471 B.C. may have played a role in a remarkable ...

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"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens." ...

The smallest disk identified, meanwhile, stretched to just 0.6 AU – closer to the star than the Earth is to the Sun.

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After the Great Pyramids of Giza were finished, the next pharaoh was interred in an unusual and distant structure.

But this Saturday, the appearance of the rising sun will differ dramatically from what observers in the region are used to experiencing. Instead of the usual reddish-orange disc, the sun will ...

Article continues below The UK will soon be able to see a rare partial solar eclipse, where the Moon will cover some of the Sun's disc, appearing as though it has taken a bite out of the Sun.