(CNN) — In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time ...

Museums & Institutions Inside Egypt’s Enigmatic $1 Billion Grand Museum The hotly anticipated museum's opening date remains in flux.

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

Rome, 1953. The night after the murder of Wilma Montesi, several people linked to a sword-and-sandal film set in ancient Egypt that is being shot at Cinecittà find themselves sharing many moments ...

“It symbolises us,” says Aya Abdel Raouf, one half of the Egyptian brand Okhtein, which she co-founded with her sister, Mounaz. Featuring designs that are striking and original, Okhtein’s ...

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

Photographs show volunteers holding the remarkably preserved leather shoes, which have maintained their form despite being buried for 2,000 years.

A statue of Queen Hatshepsut of ancient Egypt, whose many statues were broken following her death in around 1458 B.C. | Credit: KHALED DESOUKI via Getty Images ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in an ...