There’s something electric about walking down a street where every stone beneath your feet has witnessed empires rise and fall. In a handful of places around the globe, the ancient past doesn’t hide ...

Some common foods that we have in our pantries can be traced back to ancient times. Take a look at the deep history of our ...

A newly identified crocodile relative from Egypt pushes back the origins of the marine-hunting dyrosaurids by millions of years. The fossil, Wadisuchus kassabi, shows a mix of primitive and advanced ...

Imagine a time of scientific and mathematical innovation, magic, and fertile land irrigated by the great Nile River.

The hat lay flattened and moth-eaten for more than a century in a museum box. Now, the rare 2,000-year-old headpiece (made ...

In this new study, a team analyzed the genomes of 70 ancient cats, dating back over the last 11,000 years (from about 9000 ...

The Nile River, a vital artery flowing north for 6,650 km, has served as the cradle of Egyptian civilization for millennia.

The humble plant that grows in the Nile had a huge impact on the written word in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome and thereby on the cultures of the rest of the world. A small museum in Cairo shows how ...

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow ...

Egypt’s most surprising destinations aren’t in Cairo—several cities across the country are blending modern growth with deep ...

Queen Nefertiti co-ruled with Pharaoh Akhenaten, whose reign transformed ancient Egypt's religion and gender roles in the ...