Eldest sons in top place This means that the Egyptian "eldest sons" held a great deal of power. "I sometimes say that Egypt was quite literally a patriarchy," says Van Gompel.

Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.

Few civilizations have a more mysterious reputation than Ancient Egypt. But the point of a mystery is to solve it, and over the years researchers have learned a lot about the land of hieroglyphs ...

This plant, revered in ancient Egypt, is regaining attention today for its healing, calming, and spiritual properties backed by modern science.

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922.

The unearthing of the tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years.

Egyptologist Magdi Shaker responds to Afrocentric claims made by an Afrocentric group regarding their ties to ancient Egyptian civilization: “They searched for their identity and found nothing but ...