Sixth grade students at the John F. Ryan School recently stepped back thousands of years in time thanks to a dynamic, hands-on program funded by the school’s Parent ...

How would a New York Times obituary writer measure up to the scribes of the Book of the Dead? He found out at the Brooklyn Museum.

Thousands of children across Merseyside will start their half-term break today. .February half term will take place for many Merseyside schools from Monday, February 16 to Sunday, February 22, giving ...

Resurfaced 3,300-year-old Egyptian document hints at biblical giants being real/ Image: British Museum Supporters of the biblical link also point to the wider context of Genesis chapter six, which ...

Just imagine winning gold in your first games and becoming the first black woman to win an individual gold in the Winter Games, and now here Milan carrying the stars and stripes for your country. That ...

The Sphinx and Pyramid of Giza. Credit: Sam and Ian, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-NC 2.0. How many of us know that apart from a fascinating civilization, ancient Egypt was full of mysteries and weird ...

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Parton famously turned down the chance to let Elvis record her song “I Will Always Love You” because of the demands his manager placed on the arrangement. 8. The history behind another top hit “Jolene ...

When Napoleon Bonaparte embarked upon a military expedition to Egypt in 1798, he took with him a team of scholars, scientists and artists. Together, they produced the monumental Description de ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered part of a 4,500-year-old Egyptian temple that was part of a complex built to honor the Sun god Ra. Located at the Abu Ghurab archaeological site near Cairo, the temple is ...

An Italian archaeological mission has discovered the remains of a sun temple belonging to an ancient Egyptian king near Cairo, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said. The temple of King Nyuserre is ...