Zahi Hawass, an Egyptian archaeologist, highlighted the importance of the discovery, which includes two cartouches bearing the name of Ramses III -- one referencing his birth name and the other his ...

A teenager in Iowa discovered a 34,000-year-old mastodon jaw, offering a rare glimpse into the Ice Age giants that once roamed the region. The story behind the jaw’s discovery is as remarkable as the ...

A limestone altar linked to the ancient Teotihuacan civilization stands at a recently excavated site in Tikal National Park, Guatemala. Credit: Lorena Paiz Aragón et al. / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 An ancient ...

One famous easter egg: a carved representation of C-3P0 and R2-D2 among other Egyptian hieroglyphics in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." In "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), Humphrey Bogart, as detective Sam ...

It was the last known ancient Egyptian inscription written in Egyptian hieroglyphs. But why did hieroglyphs cease to be used? The last use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom ...