The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...

A mysterious site discovered on Google Maps just 25 miles south of the pyramids has set off a wave of theories, from ancient ...

By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

A symbolic tradition across the world, colorful Easter eggs are synonymous with the holiday. The Easter egg museum in ...

CHARLOTTE, NC / ACCESS Newswire / April 23, 2025 / Discovery Education, the creators of indispensable K-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced an exciting new slate ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

The power of Ramses III spread over key routes and was marked by rock inscriptions in his name—one has been found in Wadi Rum ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

The burial chamber — which was found in January and features many decorated rooms and mudbrick vaults — is the second major ...

Though lesser-known beyond Egypt's borders, this 5,000-year-old ... Sham El-Nessim traces its origins to Shemu, an ancient Egyptian harvest festival celebrating the life-giving Nile flood and ...