Archaeologists recently uncovered New Kingdom tombs in Luxor, Egypt, revealing insights into Ancient Egyptian history and the ...

Johan Norberg’s history of civilisation is an impressive conceptual achievement – but it has little to say about our own age ...

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Over two weeks in Egypt, independent researchers investigate ancient sites like Saqqara ... of crystalline alabaster allegedly removed from pyramid tunnels to massive precision-carved granite ...

Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, and Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), ...

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Credit: Daniel Contreras Ancient Chavín elites used hallucinogens in private rituals to strengthen their authority and shape early social hierarchies. Two thousand years before the Inca empire rose to ...

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by archaeologists. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Egypt’s first interactive platform for learning ancient Egyptian language, the “Hieroglyphs Step by Step” website, has recently launched its second development phase, expanding its reach and ...

However, if ever confirmed, Cerro El Kono would be the highest ancient hill in history, far exceeding the height of Egypt's tallest pyramid, the Great Pyramid of Giza (146 meters), or any known ...

The museum says online that the golden mask is the “most famous of all the artefacts of ancient Egypt, a true icon of ... first hanging obelisk—towards a pyramid-shaped doorway flanked by ...