Ancient Egypt has captivated people for centuries, inspiring countless books, documentaries, and blockbuster movies. Yet many ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the most precisely aligned monuments of the ancient world. Built more than 4,500 years ...

Naguib Sawiris’ Orascom Pyramids Entertainment is boosting its investment in facilities at the ancient Egyptian monuments by ...

For 1,600 years, a once-thriving frontier settlement lay buried beneath Egypt's western desert. Once governed by Byzantine ...

Archaeologists uncovered the eight-foot-tall, six-ton monument to one of Egypt's greatest rulers miles away from its original ...

While summer is often associated with travel, leaving the city is not always an option. For those spending the season in ...

For most people, the word mummy immediately conjures images of ancient Egypt, gilded pharaohs and elaborate tombs along the ...

The discovery adds new detail to an old burial practice. It shows how grave design changed as Egyptian society became more ...

At the beginning of The Shortest History of Egypt, we learn that about 4000 BCE, the Egyptians were egalitarian. They buried ...

The geometric truth known as the Pythagorean theorem was discovered independently by several ancient civilisations. India's ...

Everyone knows that the boomerang eventually returns after being thrown. Though this ancient weapon itself cannot return to the past, it can bring a remarkable history to modern times. Ironically, ...