The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing ...

In ancient Egypt, cats were revered as near-royalty, embodying grace, cunning, and pest control. Beyond practical uses, they ...

Ancient Egyptians of all social statuses, including the royal family, kept dogs as family pets. Whenever a dog died, the family would mummify their pet and bury it in family tombs, so they could ...

After a wait of more than two decades, the Grand Egyptian Museum has welcomed visitors into 12 of its galleries – Tamara ...

One of the oldest known cases of the 'Black Death' plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy. The cvirus Yersinia pestis, or the bubonic plague, is known ...

The bust of Nefertiti at the Neues Museum in Berlin. The figure of the ancient Egyptian queen was presented to the public for ...

Age-old treasures around the world you’re highly unlikely to ever see in person, whether they're out of bounds due to their ...

From a piece of cloth that may have belonged to Alexander the Great to an image of our galaxy's central black hole, here's ...

The year's most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost ...

Apollo Art Auctions delivered a stellar performance with a trio of auctions held on December 14th and 15th, achieving ...

Scientists discovered an over 3,000-year-old Egyptian mummy who may have died ... “molecular evidence for the presence of plague in ancient Egypt,” the researchers wrote in their abstract.