We know surprisingly little about the lives of children in ancient Egypt.

As a result, much of the work in Egyptology on representations of childhood in ancient Egypt is dominated by evidence for the lives of boys and young adult men.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers ...

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Volunteers were baffled recently when they unearthed not one but two ancient shoes at a historic British site.

The largest collection of Roman coins found in Spain is now on exhibit. The museum display features 50,000 ancient coins from the third and fourth centuries A.D.

Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...

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We know surprisingly little about the lives of children in ancient Egypt. And what records we do have about them often concern the lives of the elite – the young king or the children of senior ...

And for the Greek capital's residents it is the touchstone of their summer cultural calendar. Athens' ancient theater hosts final festival season before closing for three-year restoration ...