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

King Tut’s treasures have found a new home at the Grand Egyptian Museum, and elsewhere, Ancient Egypt has been immortalized ...

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

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Carved for an Egyptian pharaoh and shipped to the Roman capital, the Obelisk of Theodosius has stood for over sixteen hundred ...

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

Hannah Chin and Nate Rott of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the building blocks of birdsong, the evolutionary history of avocados and Egyptian warrior princesses.

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

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, ...

An Egyptian archaeological mission has made a significant discovery at the Tell Quesna Necropolis in Menoufia governorate, unearthing a well-preserved funerary complex from the Late and Greco-Roman ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, Bolivia, Egypt, Hawaii, Easter Island and other exotic places. With special ...

The Indus Valley Civilisation flourished across what is now Pakistan and north-western India, becoming one of the world's ...