Ancient Egyptians practiced mummification, a process of preserving the dead, as they believed in an afterlife. They removed ...

A massive Maya landscape has been hiding under a forested area of southern Mexico. The newfound city, dubbed Valeriana, spans an area roughly the size of Beijing and has “all the hallmarks of a ...

The artifacts discovered inside a tomb of 11 Egyptian burials from the height of the country’s Middle Kingdom offer a fresh perspective on the funerary practices from the 12 th and 13 th ...

The site is located inside the South Asasif necropolis in the city of Luxor, the location of several ancient temples and ruins including the tomb of Tutankhamun and a major hotspot for Egyptian ...

Ancient immune defense system plays an unexpected role in cancer Date: November 5, 2024 Source: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Summary: Along with defending against pathogens, the body's ...

From gladiators to vomitoriums, delve into Rome’s most persistent myths and find out what really happened. A conservationist restores a Roman bust. Many Roman statues appear starkly white today ...

Archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor, Egyptian authorities said. The discovery included a trove of ...

What it tells us about the past: The "Younger Memnon" is an 8.8-foot-tall (2.7 meter) broken head and torso remnant of a statue from ancient Egypt that now stands in the British Museum in London.

Egyptian authorities said teams from Egypt and the United States discovered the tomb in the South Asasif necropolis, next to the Temple of Hatshepsut on the Nile’s West Bank in Luxor.

Archaeologists with a joint American and Egyptian expedition near Luxor have uncovered a 4,000-year-old Middle Kingdom (1938 B.C.-1630 B.C.) tomb with several intact burials, Egyptian authorities ...