Phalanx of a juvenile Bos with a single perforation through its length. Red arrows indicate striations from drilling. Blue ...

In 2008, archaeologists working at a desert settlement in central Egypt uncovered a small, hollowed-out cow bone no more than 7 centimeters long. At the time, it was carefully documented and packed ...

During her hunt for the Egyptian queen’s lost tomb, National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martínez uncovered the sunken ...

Before archaeologists confirmed the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II last month, more than a century had passed since Howard Carter and a team of Egyptian laborers unearthed the tomb of ...

While it was thought that mummification first occurred in Egypt or Chile, a new study reveals that hunter-gatherers in Asia were already mummifying their dead 12,000 years ago.

The artefacts recovered from the Mediterranean Sea build on what we already know about the ancient city of Canopus ...

The Bolton Museum recently unveiled what experts call the world's best-preserved ancient Egyptian sun hat. It's believed to ...

Ramses VI faced a smelly challenge when he became Egypt’s king in 1145 B.C. The new pharaoh’s first job was to rid the land of the stench of fish and birds, denizens of the Nile Delta’s fetid swamps.

Go back in time to ancient Egypt. Thousands of years, in fact. Their influence on modern life can be seen in our language, art, engineering, and more. Gain a new appreciation for ancient Egyptian ...

The art is the first ancient pictorial art, which depicts images of nature with human-like and animal-like figures, to be found in Madagascar. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

When it was made: Around 1390 to 1352 B.C. Posed as if leaping through the air, this carved ivory dog opens its mouth as a lever is pushed up and down, revealing two lower teeth and a red tongue. The ...

Despite being known as masters of trade, these seafarers were never a single collective. Different groups built powerful ...