Or what remedies filled the medicine cabinets of pyramid builders? Turns out, one of ancient Egypt’s most treasured healing plants still exists today — and modern science is finally catching ...

We learn that it’s not just the overwhelmingly White and male field of Classics that is to blame for the lack of attention paid to the everyday workers of Ancient Egypt and Rome, but also the ...

Leave historians and researchers to grapple with those questions. You can just sit back and enjoy these 15 images of ancient Egypt from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest.

Meaning “inundation,” Akhet was the all-important time when the Nile’s floodwaters replenished the land and restored Egypt’s fertility. This time of joyous renewal was also when ancient ...

This clip is from BBC series: Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings. Dr Joann Fletcher visits the village of Pa-Demi to discover more about the daily lives and tombs of Kha and ...

A rare gold coin dating back over two millennia to the reign of Ptolemy I — one of Alexander the Great's generals and founder of ancient Egypt's last royal dynasty — is also part of the ...

Egypt and China wrapped up their first-ever joint military exercises on Sunday, in a show of force involving the U.S.’ top rival and one of its top recipients of military aid. Running from mid ...

(Related: "Scorpion King's Wines—Egypt's Oldest—Spiked With Meds.") Artifacts and documents from ancient Egypt show that everyone, man or woman from servant to queen, wore black and green ...

Apr. 14, 2025 — Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study ...

Egypt has called on India and Pakistan to exercise "utmost restraint" and prioritize diplomacy, as rising tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours sparked fears of broader regional ...

His vision: was to get children interested in ancient Egypt. Two years later, his idea has taken shape in the form of Pharaoh’s Animal Kingdom, a colorful, interactive, and lively exhibition ...