British archaeologists recently helped uncover multistory buildings from the ancient Egyptian city Imet in the Nile Delta, ...

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

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DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia , according to ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

Some of the female pharaoh's statues were "ritually deactivated," a new study finds. For the past 100 years, Egyptologists ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a lost city in Peru that thrived 3,500 years ago, likely as a potential contemporary of early ...

The ancient Egyptians buried their dead at Saqqara for thousands of years. Why was the necropolis so important to them?

Ancient Egypt Meets the 21st Century at the New Grand Egyptian Museum Egyptologist Huub Pragt and Smithsonian Journeys traveler Kellie Mecham share first impressions from their visit to the museum ...