Tabloids have seized on the most headline-friendly takeaway - “pulleys built the pyramid” - but the underlying claim is more specific: the pyramid may have grown “inside-out,” using internal sloped ...

Scientists have proposed a groundbreaking new theory on how Egypt’s Great Pyramid was built, positing that they used a pulley ...

"A plague is upon us'' may have been a common phrase in ancient Jordan, where countless people perished from a mysterious ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

When we crack open a book, we’re partaking in a small miracle, joining in a tradition, millennia in the making, of preserving ...

In Egypt in 1918 archeologists discovered a papyrus fragment from the Third century AD. And on that scrap of ancient paper ...

Africa is home to a wide range of paper products that are both practical and artistic. From handcrafted items to unique ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Roman fresco, Pompeii. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

In a celebration of one of Egypt’s oldest and most defining cultural symbols, the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir inaugurated on Tuesday the international art exhibition “From Green Papyrus to Eternal Art.” ...