Archaeologists uncover 59 sealed mummy coffins at Saqqara, Egypt, many believed to hold the remains of ancient priests. This ...

A significant new study has provided a surprise reason for an existing enigma of ancient Egyptian religion, in terms of two completely different animals being chosen for representing the same god.

Protected locations across the Middle East and North Africa have shaped ancient kingdoms, distant planets and biblical cities on screen ...

A newly identified fossil ape from northern Egypt is reshaping ideas about where the ancestors of modern apes first emerged.

Human sacrifice was deeply ingrained in Inca civilization. Children and young people were selected for sacrifice to appease the gods and sacred mountain spirits. Being chosen was considered a great ...

Think princesses only wore fancy clothes and lived in palaces? Think again! New research into the mummies of the daughters of the Pharaoh Amenemhat II suggest that these princesses may also have been ...

Women played a crucial role in all aspects of the development and endurance of the state, including some who ruled the ...

An archaeological excavation at Marina El Alamein in Egypt has unearthed 18 tombs dating to the Roman and Ptolemaic eras.

Weapons placed in the tombs of ancient Egyptian princesses may have served a real purpose, not just a ritual one. According ...

Skeletons of ancient Egyptian princesses unearthed at Dahshur were found alongside daggers and arrows suggesting these women were hunters and archers.

Visitors can now descend 46 feet underground into the newly reopened tomb of Amenhotep III, one of ancient Egypt's most ...

Expect 'tomb' much fun as the award-winning children’s history show confirms a new spot at London's Battersea Power Station ...