For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

Archaeologists uncovered murals of Joseph and Jesus in a newly found 6th-century building, revealing deep spiritual roots in ...

A ritual and funerary landscape is emerging in northwestern Africa, revealing connections with the Mediterranean, Atlantic ...

(Related: "Scorpion King's Wines—Egypt's Oldest—Spiked With Meds.") Artifacts and documents from ancient Egypt show that everyone, man or woman from servant to queen, wore black and green ...

Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists in Egypt are unraveling the secrets of an ancient military site used during the Ptolemaic dynasty and the Roman era. The fortress ...

What follows is a historical reflection that spans continents: “If you look at the pyramids in ancient Egypt or Kemet, or if you ... physical processes. By drawing parallels between human ...

YORK CITY. IT’S KNOWN AS FASHION’S BIGGEST NIGHT, WITH SOME OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST STARS IN ATTENDANCE. BUT JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, AN IOWA ARTIFACT WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE CITY. KCCI OLIVIA ...

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The obelisk was apparently commissioned by Ramesses II, who ruled Egypt from 1279BC to 1213 BC ... It remains to be studied if the engravings and art depictions on top of the obelisk would ...

Leave historians and researchers to grapple with those questions. You can just sit back and enjoy these 15 images of ancient Egypt from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest.

The drawings are believed to have served a role in rain-making ceremonies. “As scientists, we recognize the special nature of the impact crater, but it was also recognized by ancient inhabitants of ...

Depictions of the ancient Egyptian sky goddess found on tombs and coffins dating back almost 5,000 years may represent a key feature of the Milky Way. After analyzing hundreds of images of the ...