It's widely considered one of the cradles of civilisation. But a new study has revealed that people living in ancient Egypt ...

Inscriptions inside the Great Pyramid of Giza have been discovered to reveal new details about how the ancient wonder was ...

Earlier archeological evidence has shown trade links between Egypt and Mesopotamia, as well as similarities in pottery-making ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA sequencing reveals how these two populations also intermingled.

A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile Valley has shed new light on the rise of the Ancient Egyptian ...

Near the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...

Beyond its culinary use in South Africa, honey held profound symbolic meaning in ancient Egypt, representing love, marriage, ...

From Alexander the Great to Cleopatra, the lost tombs of such historical figures continue to fascinate the public and ...