There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, technology, and everyday life are things we will never experience, but want to know ...
Near the Step Pyramid of Djoser, archaeologists uncovered a richly decorated tomb dating to the reign of Ramesses II. The burial belonged to an elite official who served under Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, ...
The year's most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the ...
Two University of Houston professors' discovery of a Mayan ruler's tomb was named one of the top 10 finds of 2025 by Archaeology Magazine. UH Provost Diane Chase and her husband, anthropology ...
Once radiant with otherworldly light, the Giza pyramids hide lost secrets about ancient Egypt’s greatest architectural ...
Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered a fresco of a Roman-looking Jesus as the "Good Shepherd," which is being hailed as one of the most important finds from Anatolia's early Christian era. The ...
Shabti, the ancient Egyptian funerary figurines that were supposed to work for the deceased in their afterlife, have revealed the identity of a pharaoh in an unnamed sarcophagus. Pharaoh Shoshenq III ...
In a remarkable twist of science, researchers have transformed a fungus long associated with death into a potential weapon against cancer. Found in tombs like that of King Tut, Aspergillus flavus was ...
Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental. The discovery raises the possibility that King Tut’s famous jars once held ...
An Italian archaeological mission has discovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to an ancient Egyptian king near Cairo, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said. The temple of King Nyuserre is ...