Almost 13,000 years ago, a vast, hurtling fragment of a comet exploded over Louisiana, turning stone into glass, and it could ...

The renowned Egyptian archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass is doubling down on his explanation for banning Beyoncé from the Pyramids of Giza in 2008.

Egyptian real estate tycoon Hisham Talaat Moustafa on Friday won his bid to throw out a London lawsuit brought against him by a former kickboxing world champion for ordering the murder of a ...

From Roman artifacts to Picasso's gowns, this museum lets you hold the past. Most museums show just 3% of what they own. All ...

Curtin University researchers have undertaken the world's biggest survey of low-frequency satellite radio emissions, finding Starlink satellites are significantly interfering with radio astronomy ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered ancient Egyptian graves that reveal strange and haunting rituals and acts carried out on the dead that may rewrite what we knew about early religion.

Egyptian archaeologists located a lost 3,500-year-old cemetery containing mummies, statues, and a Book of the Dead papyrus scroll.

Rare 4,000-year-old Egyptian handprint found The ceramic will go on display as part of the university's Made in Ancient Egypt exhibition.

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Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it’s nearly 5,000 years old.

How did people start eating mummies? The history of corpse medicine—the practice of consuming parts of ancient Egyptian mummies and, later, embalmed corpses of all kinds—began in the 11th century.