One tomb belonged to Amum-em-Ipet, who lived during the Ramesside period (as the 19th and 20th Dynasties, the last two of the ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have unveiled the millennia-old tombs of three senior statesmen, identified by inscriptions left on ...

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

Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex. The tombs of three ...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period from 1550–1070 B.C. They identified the ...

Greek mythology features several dragons, but is there any evidence that these mythical monsters were based on real creatures?

The story of Ancient Egypt is the story of the Nile. The river’s floods, cycles, and central location allowed a great ...

Across the Levant in the 15th century B.C., cities were rising up against freshly-installed pharaoh Thutmose III. It would be ...

Idealism, a hunger for power and a wish to prosper have driven some of the earliest efforts to build a world order.

Africa is a continent of stories. Long before colonial borders and modern states, there were tales—tales whispered beside ...

Contrary to what is sometimes claimed, the ancient Egyptians did have a flood myth that is clearly analogous to those seen in ...

When one hears "Unusual Ancient Egyptian God" you rarely ever think "Snake With Legs" but this one is just that, and was ...