The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom in the temple of Philae is the last known use of hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt, but why did they stop being used?

A rare total solar eclipse that darkened the skies of ancient Egypt in 2471 B.C. may have played a role in a remarkable ...

New insights reveal where Bronze Age Mycenae's gold may have originated, from Thrace to Egypt and further afield.

Yet the Mediterranean factor in the Old Testament is comparable in magnitude with the Mesopotamian and Egyptian factors. Therein lies the most important aspect of Old Testament research in the ...

Six kilometers from Tarragona (roman Tarraco in Catalonia, Spain), next to the ancient Via Augusta, stands a stone monument that was misinterpreted for a long time: the Tower of the Scipios. The tower ...

This site, identified as the ancient Hittite city of Nerik, has revealed a water control infrastructure dating back to the Bronze Age, between 1525 and 1426 BCE, according to dendrochronological and ...

This had the same message written in ancient Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and another ancient Egyptian script. While England seized the Rosetta Stone after defeating France, a French scholar ...

For the first time in more than a century, since Howard Carter unearthed the final resting place of King Tut, Egyptologists have uncovered a decorated royal tomb in the Luxor area, west of the ...

The artefacts found at the site included beads, amulets and statuettes, many made of gold, the Egyptian ministry of tourism and antiquities said. The ornaments were contained in a small pot ...

Author Maggie Anton shares why, after writing a novel set in the 20th century, she decided to write a novel set in Biblical times.

An Egyptian man walks in front of a painting of a map that reads 'Gaza' and 'Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine' Tuesday, ahead of the emergency Arab summit organized by Egypt to present a plan ...

Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza that would cost $53 billion (€50 billion) and avoid resettling Palestinians, in contrast to US president Donald Trump’s “Middle ...