A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian ...

A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

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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 ...

YORK CITY. IT’S KNOWN AS FASHION’S BIGGEST NIGHT, WITH SOME OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST STARS IN ATTENDANCE. BUT JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, AN IOWA ARTIFACT WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE CITY. KCCI OLIVIA ...

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 ...

An 800-year-old mummy displays unique facial tattoos with rare mineral ink, offering new insights into ancient South American tattoo practices and cultural identity.

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 ...