Researchers reveal Karnak Temple was built on rare high ground rising from Nile waters, linking landscape, belief, and ...

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been just for the rich, according to burials found at the archaeological site of Tombos in Sudan. "Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs, once ...

The pyramids in and around Giza have presented a fascinating puzzle for millennia. How did ancient Egyptians move limestone blocks, some weighing more than a ton, without using wheels? Why were these ...

In an archaeological first, scientists have scraped the organic residue within a 2,000-year-old head-shaped drinking vessel, called a Bes mug, to identify its past contents. Bottoms up for Bes.

Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. Scientists even think ...

Examination of an ancient alabaster vase in the Yale Peabody Museum’s Babylonian Collection has revealed traces of opiates, providing the clearest evidence to date of broad opium use in ancient ...

There are some rather compelling practical reasons why these ancient devices couldn’t have worked as braces anyway. Tests on ...