The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

A new re-examination suggests the piece was not an awl at all, but a drill bit used with a bow drill, making it one of the ...

Ancient inscriptions written in Indian languages have been discovered on Egyptian tombs in the Valley of the Kings.

Meet Tetinebefou—the wizard-doctor, priest, and royal dentist—whose newly discovered tomb reveals dazzling secrets about ...

A small copper tool found in a museum drawer is now confirmed as the oldest rotary metal drill in ancient Egypt, dating back ...

Now, a 3,300-year-old Egyptian text preserved in the British Museum is once again fueling one of the Bible's most ...