When researchers examined skeletons buried in present-day Sudan, they found evidence that some had belonged to workers who performed hard labor ...

Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

"Unlike its ancient counterpart, the modern-day uprooting of Egyptian Jewry is not a tale of triumph but of tragedy," the ...

Hundreds of boats laden with luxuries sailed from India to Egypt every year. At Palmyra (an ancient city in what’s now Syria) in the second century CE, an inscription shows 90 million sesterces ...

Maybe, for now, it’s just the questions you write down. No answers at all. Maybe, over time, answers begin to come.

and for those with a lot of money to fund such a burial. Advert But Tombos has now suggested that lower class workers were also granted a spot in the tombs of pyramids in Ancient Egypt.

Hundreds of boats laden with luxuries sailed from India to Egypt every year. At Palmyra (an ancient city in what’s now Syria) in the second century CE, an inscription shows 90 million sesterces in ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...