The Chinchorro people of the Pacific coast turned the raw pain of loss into something enduring and visible, reshaping the ...

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Archaeologists have discovered 225 shabtis — figurines meant to work for the deceased in the afterlife — in a pharaoh's tomb. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Cairo — Egypt's government hosted dozens of foreign leaders and dignitaries on Saturday as it held an official opening ceremony for the Grand Egyptian Museum, a $1 billion project decades in the ...

The curved walls were likely designed to help the fortress withstand wind and sand erosion. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Researchers in Egypt have unearthed a massive military fortress ...

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo has been heralded as one of the biggest cultural openings of the year. Located near the Pyramids of ...

Researchers have examined a mummy from a small Austrian village and found a mix of unusual materials has been used to preserve the body. Stuffed with twigs, wood chips, and treated with zinc chloride, ...

A full camel buried and slow-cooked underground using ancient Egyptian techniques. Deep heat, bold flavor, and rich tradition in every bite. Ryan Routh stabs himself in the neck with a pen after ...

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first ...

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human genome sequence from ancient Egypt. The remains are 4,800 to 4,500 years old ...

The story of the Grand Egyptian Museum’s official opening is nearly as enigmatic as the building of the ancient 4,600-year-old Great Pyramid of Giza. Since the first block was laid for the building’s ...