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

If ancient wonders, mysterious temples and the steady flow of the Nile River are calling, a cruise on Egypt's most famous ...

“Our findings combined with prior research indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

The idea of ancient civilisations pioneering orthodontics is irresistible, but archaeology shows their gold dental work ...

When Ramesses II was still young, he met Nefertari, a woman who would rise from noble origins to become Egypt’s Great Royal ...

There were many similarities between ancient Greece and Egypt. The two civilizations were in close contact during the ...

A boat belonging to an Egyptian pharaoh is being assembled in full view at the Grand Egyptian Museum’s exhibition hall. Staff began piecing together the cedarwood boat, ...

It’s 11am in the Valley of the Kings by the time I emerge, blinking into the sun, from the 3,300-year-old tomb of Tutankhamun ...

Forget the pharaohs for a moment. This is the story of the Egyptian nobles—the real power players—and their meticulous plans for eternity. Inside Berlin's museum, discover their private tombs, false ...

The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, god of abundance and fertility. THE PERFECT AMOUNTEgyptians needed the ...

Opium use may have been widespread in ancient Egyptian culture—including potentially among notable kings. Yale researchers found chemical traces of opiates in an ancient alabaster vase at the Peabody ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum's Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...