Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

A newly-discovered rock art panel on the western bank of the River Nile may depict an Ancient Egyptian authority figure from ...

Researchers believe the carved scene dates back to the fourth millennium BC - centuries before the first pyramids.

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state.

Unable to compete with the military superiority of Israel and the United States, Tehran now has more reasons to build bombs, not less.The post Iran’s ‘North Korea moment’ might happen ...

DDG, LHD, CVN? Decode key U.S. Navy ship abbreviations and learn what they mean and what vessels they designate.

Israel’s military launched airstrikes targeting ports and facilities held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, with the rebels ...

Countries in the ‘Global South’ are seeking to counter American and United Nations influence while trying to avoid President ...

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

Hamas said it had responded on Friday in "a positive spirit" to a U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal and was prepared to ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...