A team of French and Swiss archaeologists has unearthed a remarkable Egyptian tomb dating back over 4,100 years. The burial ...

Archaeologists uncover 4,100-year-old tomb of Tetinebefou, an esteemed Egyptian doctor who treated pharaohs, in Saqqara, revealing insights into ancient Egyptian medicine.

These ancient inventions made life easier for prehistoric and ancient peoples and laid the groundwork for civilization as we know it today ...

The ancient Egyptian pyramid of Giza’s latitude lines up exactly with the speed of light. Credit: Harish Chouhan WordPress. CC BY 1.0 Some mysteries are likely never to be solved, indeed some are not ...

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight so they could be "regenerated." When you ...

Some amulets are in the shape of scarab beetles, as the ancient Egyptians associated scarabs with the movement of the sun across the sky. Other amulets are in the shape of Egyptian deities ...

Thanks to recent analysis, however, researchers believe they have confirmed the first known plague case outside Eurasia: a 3,290-year-old, ancient ... 3,500-year-old Egyptian medical text known ...

Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of an ancient Egyptian wizard-doctor who treated pharaohs 4,000 years ago. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the remarkable find in the ...

Ancient Egyptians are known to have attempted to treat brain cancer, diagnose diabetes, use crocodile dung for contraception, and may have been aware that some sitting positions could lead to bone ...

You could almost imagine the mythical Egyptian scarab slowly rolling the ball representing the sun as it emerged from the ...

Chimpanzees use rocks as tools for cracking nuts Stone selection by chimps mirrors ancient human ancestor techniques Generational learning observed in chimpanzee tool ...