It is believed that the bikini was a 20th century invention, but an ancient mosaic reveals women in Rome wore it while ...

The bronze sword was unearthed by archaeologists at an ancient fort in the Nile Delta. It was emblazoned with the signature ...

Experts are carefully uncovering traces of the original paint and fragments of gold leaf that once adorned the 2,000-year-old ...

Did you know that people can be paid to cry at someone’s funeral? This occupation is known as a professional mourner, and it ...

Women did the majority of beer brewing in ancient Egypt. The strongest beer in the world is “Snake Venom,” brewed by Scottish ...

A team of archeologists in Egypt uncovered a sword with hieroglyphs showing the name of pharaoh Ramesses II. The weapon was ...

An analysis of around a dozen teenagers who lived during the Paleolithic reveals that they hit puberty around the same time ...

Archaeologists unearthed a series of mudbrick rooms filled with religious tributes, soldiers' personal effects, engraved ...

Ramses the Great is credited with expanding Egypt's reach as far as modern Syria to the east and Sudan to the south.

The newfound barracks may have been built partly because the Libyans were becoming a growing threat to ancient Egypt.

Some readers, when looking closely at the Egyptian paintings in the tomb of the scribe Nebamun, might be surprised by the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a ...