Have you ever wondered why cats, with their independent nature, became our cherished household companions? Recent archaeological discoveries are rewriting the story of cat domestication, revealing a ...

While it is common to see cats in modern households, cats are among the most recently domesticated animals. Archaeological ...

Two Italian scientists claim to have discovered 38,000-year-old structures buried deep beneath the pyramids. But there's a ...

The world may never know the true face of Jesus, but a modern breakthrough has given an idea of what Christ looked like ...

Archaeologists believe they have discovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside King Tutankhamun's tomb.

Since the tomb of King Tut was found, a set of four clay troughs were thought stands for wooden staffs. New research suggests ...

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

Ancient Egyptians were ruled by a leader called a ... Priests dried out the body of the person who died with salt and wrapped it in linen cloth before conducting the "Opening of the Mouth ...

Ancient Egyptians believed that the deceased continued ... To restore its natural shape, the body was filled with linen or sand. It was then anointed with oils and resin to soften the skin and ...

Hamas has agreed to a new Egyptian proposal to release 5 hostages, including the American-Israeli Edan Alexander, in exchange for a renewed ceasefire, a Hamas source tells CNN. Hamas leader Khalil ...

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in ...

The limestone tomb chamber, dating to about 3,600 years ago, of an unknown ancient Egyptian king, discovered during excavations by Penn Museum and Egyptian archeologists, is seen in Abydos ...