Starting in about 3500 BC, various writing systems developed in ancient civilizations around the world ... known alphabet was ...

For the first time, scientists decoded a complete genome from a 4,800-year-old Egyptian, revealing surprising Middle Eastern ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered ancient tombs adorned with hieroglyphic inscriptions and rare artifacts.

Recent readings on inscriptions written in an ancient alphabet, the Proto-Sinaitic Script, may well provide proof of the ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago. This ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...