Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ancient Egyptian painted relief depicting Pharaoh Ramesses III with Isis. Ancient Egypt, China and Mesopotamia are all ...

History is rather dull and unexciting to most people, which naturally invites exciting flights of fancy that can range from the innocent to outright conspiracies. Nobody truly believes that the ...

Our understanding of ancient civilizations is constantly challenged by newly discovered ruins that defy mainstream historical and archaeological explanations. These fascinating remnants of the past ...

CAIRO (AP) — In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated its long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, a ...

To many, ancient Egypt is synonymous with the pharaohs and pyramids of the Dynastic period starting about 3,100 BC. Yet long before that—about 9,300 to 4,000 BC—enigmatic Neolithic peoples flourished.

Egypt plans to inaugurate its long-awaited museum near the Pyramids on Saturday, after years of delay due to economic crises, political upheavals, regional conflicts and the coronavirus pandemic. The ...

Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake detector is ...

A London auction house says there is “no documented evidence” that an intricately carved grasshopper is from the boy king’s tomb. Its estimated price is up to $675,000. By Alex Marshall The Grand ...

This likeness of a Greek woman, once affixed to her wrapped corpse, is a startlingly lifelike work of art and a testament to the cross-cultural currents of the ancient world.