However, careful reexaminations indicate the “little awl” is far more significant than originally believed—so much so that it ...

The artifact comes from a Predynastic cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt, specifically Grave 3932 (an adult male burial). It measures about 63 mm long and weighs roughly 1.5 grams, so small it was easy ...

Kirsty Masterman discovers a wealth of history – and Cairo’s famous street food – in the Egyptian capital.

3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Text Sparks Fresh Debate Over Biblical Giants ...

A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested. Researchers at Newcastle University, and the Academy of Fine Arts, ...

Could ancient Egypt’s most massive and eroded megalithic structures point to a forgotten civilization? In this video, we explore the Giza Plateau's Mortuary and Valley Temples, where precision-cut ...

Learn how forged ownership documents uncovered the illegal export of an ancient Egyptian sculpture from Luxor and triggered an international investigation.

The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

This specific iconography of subjugation — a bound captive struck by a weapon — has deep roots in Egyptian state ideology. It parallels famous early dynastic scenes like those at Gebel Sheikh Suleiman ...

Archaeologist says love of jewellery is common to both cultures; unlike ancient Egyptian texts, Mohenjo Daro's scripts are ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Archaeologists working near Luxor have identified the remains of a large royal city dating back around 3,400 years, offering a detailed look at daily .