Where to begin with a review of a novel which combines elements of “Raiders of the Lost Ark” and “The Devil Wears Prada” ...

Indeed, any one of their military triumphs against the Syrians could have been considered the “miracle of Chanukah,” but it ...

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 ...

Newly documented Old Kingdom offering tables reveal they were actually recycled pillar bases from a far earlier time. The precision of the original stonework contradicts the primitive tools attributed ...

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.

Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found off Alexandria matches Strabo’s account, offering new insights into early Roman Egypt.

Linguists at Aberystwyth University have launched the first comprehensive dictionary to capture every known word of the Celtic languages spoken in Britain and Ireland between 325 BC and AD 500. The ...

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 ...

Crocodiles loomed large in the world of the ancient Egyptians. The Nile teemed with the lurking reptiles, and farmers, who made up most of the population, encountered them on a daily basis. While ...