Exactly a century ago, the mummified body of the boy pharaoh Tutankhamen was unwrapped for the first time. It was three years ...

Historians are astonished by the changelessness of ancient Egypt. “The Egyptian ‘canon,’ an archetype for the sculptured human figure, may be the most durable pattern in the history of art,” writes ...

Morocco’s U-17 players smashed the FIFA record of the biggest victory margin at a U-17 World Cup game, beating New Caledonia ...

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

Art and wine surely share the same DNA. From the frescoes of ­Pompeii to the glass of free plonk at the ­gallery opening, ...

In a recent archaeological breakthrough, tombs dating back 3,000 years were uncovered in Egypt, revealing contents that were ...

The ancient Egyptians devised a way to document thousands of years of history before the pyramids were built, members of ...

Spices, ancient treasures of human civilization, have shaped history from currency to royalty and medicine. Traces of their ...

Learn how residue trapped inside a Xerxes-era alabaster jar revealed a long-overlooked tradition of opium in ancient Egypt.

Opium use may have been a “fixture of daily life” for Ancient Egyptians, according to a new study. Experts from the Yale Peabody Museum uncovered traces of the addictive narcotic after becoming ...

How does Plato's references to the Greek alphabet help us to work out where Atlantis really was? This article examines the evidence.

In a significant victory for cultural heritage preservation, Egypt has successfully repatriated 36 stolen antiquities from the United States, marking another milestone in the nation's ongoing campaign ...