A groundbreaking study published in Nature proposes how Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed using an internal counterweight and pulley system ...

An ancient Christian monastic complex was recently discovered in Egypt's Sohag Governorate. The finds reveal the details of ...

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The complete genome of an ancient Egyptian has been sequenced, revealing genetic links between the Nile and Mesopotamia 5,000 ...

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The discovery of two sets of iron ankle shackles at an ancient Egyptian gold mine reveals forced labor. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of an ancient Egyptian astronomical observatory at a temple site. The observatory, thought to date to the sixth century B.C., was built with mud bricks and is ...

An underwater archaeological mission in the Nile River near Aswan, Egypt, recovered a handful of long-lost artifacts. When the building of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s flooded the area, UNESCO ...

Archaeologists have made a compelling discovery in central Egypt, unearthing a 3,500-year-old scroll believed to be an ancient Egyptian "Book of the Dead." This remarkable find was presented alongside ...

A lot of little kids go through the dinosaur phase, and I was no exception. But where most broke off into loving sports or ...