The research team dates the discovery to Egypt’s Reunification Period, between 2040 and 1700 B.C., suggesting that ...

A tiny copper-alloy tool long overlooked in a museum collection is reshaping what archaeologists know about the origins of human engineering. Researchers said the artefact shows ancient Egyptians were ...

Archaeologists working in Egypt's Nile Delta may have discovered a tomb or temple dating back around 2,600 years while ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The research team examined the piece under magnification and concluded that it represents the earliest ...

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 ...

Egypt on Saturday was inaugurating the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, the world’s largest museum dedicated to an ancient civilization — a megaproject also aimed at boosting the country’s tourism ...

On Wednesday, Nov. 5, University of Massachusetts classics lecturer Joseph Wilson took the students in his course, Technology in the Ancient World, to the glassblowing laboratory of Sally Prasch. The ...