The Rosetta Stone is a slab of ancient stone that bears identical text inscribed in three different writing systems: ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, Bolivia, Egypt, Hawaii, Easter Island and other exotic places. With special ...

Al-Ahram Weekly takes a trip back to ancient Egyptian times to find out what the people used to eat What the ancient Egyptians ate in the distant past has some similarity to what the modern ...

A large ancient Egyptian fortress in the northern Sinai Desert had an elaborate landscape of 500 trees leading to its entrance more than 2,000 years ago, new excavations reveal. Archaeologists ...

When it was made: Around 1473 B.C. This amulet, shaped like a scarab beetle, was discovered in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman named Hatnefer. But the charm, which was intended to ...

Prosecutor-general investigates theft of hundreds of objects from galleries in Mit Rahina – known in Ancient Egypt as Memphis An investigation is underway into the looting of Ancient Egyptian ...

and said that it helps "unveil new secrets of this significant historical period in the history of ancient Egyptian civilization." In an even more significant achievement, an archaeologist from ...

Now French researchers suggest that the ancient Egyptians' heavily painted eyelids did more than attract admirers—they also protected against eye infections. (Related: "Scorpion King's Wines ...

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists in Egypt are unraveling the secrets of an ancient military site ... and the Mediterranean Sea. Many Egyptian kings built fortresses ...

When the Nile flooded, Egyptians celebrated the feast of Opet, a joyous procession the carried statues of the gods from Karnak to Luxor. This 20th-century illustration by American artist Balage ...