It affords us a look inside ancient astronomers' observatories: for instance, it shows that Claudius Ptolemy composed his own, later star catalogue by combining several sources of observation.

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

The pieces were recovered in New York City. Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week it had successfully recovered a rare trove of smuggled artifacts from the United States ...

Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile river that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how ancient Egyptians transported ...

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by archaeologists. Egypt Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Archeologists discover oldest non-royal mummy ever in Egypt 01:31. Archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor ...