On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...

Nourished by the Nile, ancient Egypt continues to enchant the modern world with its timeless pyramids, temples, and mummies. This autumn, join us as we journey across time and space to uncover the ...

A 3,600-year-old royal burial chamber, possibly the tomb of a forgotten King from the era of dynastic chaos, is discovered in ...

Doomed Egyptian queen Cleopatra has captured the imaginations of people all over the world for centuries. Archaeologists have ...

A study appearing in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology by Dr. Zahi Hawass and Dr. Sarah Abdoh describes a unique Egyptian ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed two churches in Egypt that are over 1,500 years old, offering rare evidence of Christianity’s rise in the country's Western Desert. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism ...

NEW YORK CITY — A man who worked with tomb raiders was sentenced to prison for smuggling hundreds of ancient relics looted from crypts in Egypt, including sculptures from 1900 BCE and the carving of a ...

What the ancient Romans wore may not be among the most pressing questions facing archaeologists, but it is one that attracts interest among the general public. Now, a fashion-themed display at the ...

The relationship between cats and humans stretches back thousands of years, but perhaps nowhere was this connection more profound than in ancient Egypt. From humble beginnings as rodent hunters to ...

The bold question-askers at What If peel back the layers of ancient Egypt's 3,000-year civilization to expose hidden secrets. Tsunami alerts triggered for entire US West Coast after massive 8.7 quake ...

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

People have been getting drunk for millennia. Historical records show that alcohol was an integral part of many early civilizations, from ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt to ancient Greece, China, and ...