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Uncovered near the submerged island of Antirhodos in Alexandria's Portus Magnus, this is the first ancient Egyptian party ...

New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering ...

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Koshary – a spicy dish of lentils, rice and pasta available at countless Egyptian food stalls – won recognition as a cultural ...

A rare discovery of 225 funerary figurines in Tanis, Egypt, has solved a long-standing mystery.

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Archaeologists in Luxor have uncovered the tomb of a previously unknown pharaoh dating back more than 3,300 years. Buried ...

Less than a century after it was rediscovered, National Geographic's correspondent explored the ruins of Petra and found its ...