A University of Kansas researcher has spent years studying "aquaterra"—his term for regions around the world once populated ...

A shocking discovery deep in Egypt may rewrite history—a 5,000-year-old map showing ancient knowledge of America. What ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in an ...

Mathematics in ancient Egypt Calculation principles found in a papyrus scroll, and an author shares his love of lichens in this week’s pick from the Nature archive.

Ancient Egypt breakthrough as 3,500-year-old discovery fuels country's hopes Archaeologists have discovered the tombs of three prominent Ancient Egyptians dating back over 3,500 years.

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week it had successfully recovered a rare trove of smuggled artifacts from the United States.

In an exhibition on ancient Egyptian-inspired fashion at the Cleveland Museum of Art, a relief depicts the wife of Amenhotep wearing a kalasiris, or long linen dress, juxtaposed with a white ...