Two Italian scientists claim to have discovered 38,000-year-old structures buried deep beneath the pyramids. But there's a ...

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

During an excavation at a site believed to date back to the Greek-era near Alexandria, archaeologists uncovered a stunning ...

A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

With such remarkable achievements, the center has earned a stellar reputation in the academic world both at home and abroad, attracting brilliant researchers from across the world over the past two ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That's according to a new study that challenges ...

A manuscript discovered in the Judean desert contains trial notes on an intricate tax-evasion scheme that involved forgery, ...

"Słupcio" — or "little guy from Słupsk" in Polish — is the name given to the amber bear in 2013, when a Polish kindergartner ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That’s according to a new study led by Washington State ...

Were cats more than just sacred animals to the ancient Egyptians? This deep dive explores bizarre hieroglyphs, mythological ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...