Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...

Lapis lazuli, known as 'blue gold', has captivated civilizations for millennia with its vibrant blue color and historical significance. Mined primaril ...

A claim that they received 4 to 5 liters of beer a day has appeared in social media posts, popular articles and books for ...

Welcome to Time Tablet, a Podcast from RTÉjr for the classroom, where we travel back in time to Ancient Egypt! Primary School teachers have access to free curriculum-linked classroom resources ...

(Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) Archaeological discoveries and the study of written sources, such as Merneptah's Stele ... which chronicles the Israelites’ escape from ...

The purpose of these so-called 'sun stones', and the reasons for throwing them into ditches en masse, have been something of a mystery – but ancient ice excavated from Greenland may have the answer.

The security sources also indicated Egypt is preparing to deliver the largest possible amount of humanitarian aid to the strip. The Rafah border crossing would start operating immediately with the ...

Many of the tombs featured a range of artifacts that could redefine what scholars know about ancient Egypt. Archaeologists uncovered parts of Queen Hatshepsut’s Valley Temple from the Middle ...

Of all the examples of pyramids in Egypt, the most famous is certainly the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one still surviving, and for ...

Archaeologists have discovered long-lost ancient Egyptian tombs that were hiding beneath a stone well for more than 4,000 years. Working at a site outside of Cairo, they uncovered four ancient ...

Saqqara is located about 25 miles southwest of Cairo as "one of the most important cities in ancient Egyptian history," says the Ministry’s website. It adds, "Saqqara is truly an open-air museum ...

(Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Facebook) It's the first time many of these artifacts have been recovered from Al-Bahansa, says the team of archaeologists from the University of ...