Ancient Egyptians believed strongly in the afterlife. Wall painting depicting Osiris (sitting) at Seti I Chapel, the temple at Abydos. Credit: Amice M.Calverley, Alan Gardiner, 1935 CC BY-SA 3.0 The ...

Early written records in Egypt from four millennia ago mention dwarfs and pygmies associated with the households of nobles ... an ancient percussion instrument, is thus part of "the long Egyptian ...

Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Who needs jewelry fit for a ...

The Botanical Gardens in Aswan are not only an aesthetic haven but also provide fertile ground for advancing horticultural ...

More than 5,000 years ago, in ancient Egypt, a mixture of silica, lime, copper, and an alkali was heated, resulting in a bright blue compound known as calcium copper silicate. This striking, vibrant ...

This is a tool that the Ancient Egyptians used. See the way it's a bit broken? Well, that's because it's very old. We call this kind of object an artefact. An artefact gives us a little window ...

The statue was found at Taposiris Magna, an archaeological site where some researchers suspect Cleopatra and Mark Antony are entombed Eli Wizevich Officials have announced a number of discoveries ...

A huge discovery has been made in the area of Ancient Egypt where Tutankhamun was found after unknown tombs and burial shafts were found dating back some 3,600 years. And it is a find that has ...

No sci-fi depiction of Ancient Egypt or even an alien corpse lying around. But instead of feeling like some great discovery, it just felt like an excuse to put spaceships at the end. It also ...