The first study granted access to artifacts in British museums for radiocarbon dating has examined the transition between the Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. One of ...

Some journeys span centuries before reaching their destination. Egypt’s newest cultural landmark — the Grand Egyptian Museum ...

New evidence says the Karnak Temple's first footprint rose on natural high ground that sat among ancient channels carved by ...

CAIRO (AP) — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, a ...

Many claim that ancient Egypt began with a mysterious era called “Zep Tepi” — the First Time. But how much of it is based on real history? In this video, we explore how pseudo-historians and fringe ...

The legendary tomb of Tutankhamun is facing its greatest threat since British archaeologist Howard Carter first stepped into its shadowy chambers over a century ago. Recent scientific studies warn ...

The timeline of Lostcan get confusing, so it's worth breaking down era by era. If you've gotten to the point in Lost where the show about a plane crash on an island has suddenly become about time ...

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now indicates that ...

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and a big brain, he likely wielded tools made of stone and hunted or scavenged ...

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that it was hard to gauge its significance. A new analysis now indicates that ...

Peter J. Brown receives funding from the Gerda Henkel Stiftung. Written accounts tell the story of the Zanj rebellion – a slave revolt that took place in the late 9th century in southern Iraq. Some of ...