The Great Sphinx of Giza, a colossal limestone statue with the body of a lion and the head of a human, has long been a symbol ...

An ancient alabaster vase from Yale’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opium, offering the strongest evidence yet of widespread opiate use in ancient Egypt. A recently analyzed alabaster v ...

The legendary Emerald Tablet of Thoth is said to be a tablet of emerald or green stone inscribed with the secrets of the ...

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

Scientists believe they’ve discovered the remains of a secret entrance inside one of Egypt’s oldest pyramids after over 4,500 ...

The earliest origins of rare intact—and inscribed—Egyptian alabaster vessels like the one examined are generally unknown but span the reigns of Achaemenid emperors Darius, Xerxes, and Artaxerxes, a ...

Archaeologists discovered an Egyptian ceramic vase in a Pompeii fast-food kitchen destroyed by Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, revealing cultural exchanges in the ancient city.

A discovery within the Great Pyramid of Giza could soon reshape our understanding of ancient Egypt, according to tantalizing ...

From secret tunnels of lizard people to a cursed statue, Andrea Cavallier takes a look at the most bizarre conspiracy ...

We’re on the verge of decoding animal communication. Here’s what we’ve learned so far – and how AI could help us decipher ...

Only moving to wipe the moisture off my heated brow in the searing Egyptian sun, I gazed open-mouthed as I stood in front of one of the most captivating panoramas I'd ever seen in my 47 years of life.