ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the 1,700-year-old tomb of the earliest known ruler of the ancient Maya city of Caracol. The ...

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

Archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery in southern Egypt, uncovering a rare rock carving that could unlock secrets about the country's earliest rulers. The ancient etching was found carved ...

Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than ...

A newly-discovered rock art panel on the western bank of the River Nile may depict an Ancient Egyptian authority figure from ...

Researchers believe the carved scene dates back to the fourth millennium BC - centuries before the first pyramids.

After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the ...

The Manchester Museum in northern England is asking visitors whether it should withdraw an ancient Egyptian mummy from its ...

Discovery of three ancient Egyptian tombs uncover secrets no one could have imagined A significant discovery by Egyptian archaeologists on Luxor's West Bank have provided an insight into elite ...

In ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, canopic jars were used to hold embalmed human organs removed from the body during mummification.

We know surprisingly little about the lives of children in ancient Egypt. And what records we do have about them often ...

An ancient branch of the Nile is believed to have flowed through Giza, where several pyramids were constructed. It does not exist anymore, but could have been a crucial link in transporting material ...