In 1862, an American antiquities dealer was in an Egyptian marketplace, squinting at a scroll. The scroll was written in hieratic, a type of ancient Egyptian cursive, and the dealer, Edwin Smith, wasn ...

The excavation of two Egyptian tombs dating to the Roman period, between 29 B.C.E. and 641 C.E., just unveiled a wealth of ...

A biological anthropologist at the University of Coimbra in Portugal is hypothesizing that the mysterious flat patches found on the sides of teeth in ancient Europeans may have been due to the ...

Ancient Egyptian person: Well it’s not! We need to know exactly when the river will flood, so that we plant our crops at the right time. That way, we can take advantage of all the nutrients left ...

Traditionally found in formal gardens, obelisks are fancy plant supports that have four sides and a pyramid-shaped top. In ancient times, obelisks were impressive structures made of stone.

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), opens new tab and Northrop Grumman Corp's (NOC.N), opens new tab defense systems to Egypt, the Pentagon's ...

Cyrus added some more ink to her right arm with "ancient symbols found on rock walls," as described by Dr. Woo. She seemingly found the design, which she got right above her tattoo of the word "be ...

These new life forms are called Obelisks, and researchers say that they first believed they might be viruses. However, after studying them a bit more in-depth, the researchers believe that while ...

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What is Cold Harbor on Severance? History may hold the answer. What is Cold Harbor on Severance? History may hold the answer. One of the last Tuskegee airman has died. This was his legacy. One of ...

Tattoos may have a significance for some who receive them as an expression of their values and beliefs. Tattoos are an ancient practice, and they are incorporated into cultural and religious practices ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,500-year-old royal "rest house" at a dig site in northeast Egypt. Researchers at the Tel Habwa archaeological site in the country's Northern Sinai region have ...