A 12-year-old girl's family trip led to the extraordinary discovery of an ancient item dating back approximately 3,500 years. A girl named Dafna Filshteiner was on a hiking trip with her family near ...

Imagine finding a pebble and discovering it’s actually a 3,500-year-old artifact. That’s exactly what happened to a young girl in Israel, who suspected her find was special even before she and her ...

A study of a scroll made more than 2,300 years ago has revealed how there were likely far more venomous snakes in ancient Egypt than are living in the country today. The document, known as the ...

A 3 ½-year-old girl vacationing in Israel found more than seashells during a family vacation early last month, instead digging up an amulet more than 1,000 times her age. Ziv Nitzan, from Moshav Ramot ...

A team of Egyptian and French archaeologists has uncovered a stash of exquisitely preserved ancient jewelry during ...

Ancient Egypt had far more venomous snakes than the country does today, according to a new study of a scroll. How much can the written records of ancient civilizations tell us about the animals they ...

Indiana Jones famously fears slithering snakes in Egyptian tombs—and apparently, so did one ancient, high-ranking dignitary. Archaeologists recently discovered a 2,500-year-old burial chamber adorned ...

Archaeologists have discovered the "richly decorated" tomb of an ancient Egyptian dignitary that is filled with magic spells aimed at protecting against snake bites. The tomb, thought to date to the ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The symbol is frequently seen in ancient burials — especially on a type of amulet ...

Egyptologists have discovered a 2,500-year-old tomb just south of Cairo containing numerous magical sayings meant to ward off snake bites. The tomb's entrance was covered with sayings aimed to both ...

The discoveries include gold-plated beads, eye-shaped amulets and a small statue of three Egyptian gods. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities A team of Egyptian and French archaeologists has ...