Statues depicting ancient Egyptians, including a scribe in a seated position. . | Credit: Martin Frouz and the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University. Ancient Egyptian scribes worked in ...

Egyptologists agree that the laborers who worked on Giza's pyramids received rations that included beer. However, the exact amount of beer is not as securely established as social media posts about ...

About 3,500 years ago, a craftsman called Panebu was recorded as off work - because he had been bitten. The note about his absence is among dozens of ancient Egyptian everyday objects which have gone ...

Sarah E. Bond (photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic); workers, and union members rallying against a plan for mass layoffs at the Brooklyn Museum on Thursday, March 6, 2025 (Isa Farfan/Hyperallergic); ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 3,300-year-old bone whistle carved out of a cow's toe, and it may have been used by an ancient "police officer." When you purchase through links on our site, ...

The lives and craft of ancient Egyptian artisans are the subject of a new exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Sketch showing a stonemason at work, holding a chisel ...

Waterpower may have given a big lift to builders of Egypt’s oldest known pyramid, the nearly 4,700-year-old Step Pyramid of Djoser at Saqqara. Ancient architects built a hydraulic system for hoisting ...

More than 3,000 years ago, an earthquake toppled two monumental statues of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III. Now, ...

Ancient Egyptians and Etruscans pioneered orthodontics, using delicate gold wires and catgut to straighten teeth. It’s a tale ...

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of ...