I’M grasping the rope so tightly that I almost forget to listen to hot air balloon pilot Mahmoud as he recalls the story of Egypt’s temple of Hatshepsut, which is growing bigger as we approach. It ...

New York court told of elaborate fake provenances, forgery toolkits and freshly excavated artefacts bound for the antiquities ...

A copy of the Decree of Canopus, which was vital in breaking the enigma of hieroglyphics, has been found at a site north of ...

In the hushed halls of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the air isn’t just thick with history. A new study has for the first ...

Inside the tomb of the Butcher Irukhaptah, which contained raw meat and is said to be haunted. NFL Makes Final Decision For ...

Remains buried in Asia in a crouching position are thought to be oldest known examples of intentionally mummified burials.

Twenty years of planning and construction. A billion-dollar budget. Nearly 50,000 artifacts spanning more than 5,000 years.

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a 3,300-year-old bone whistle carved out of a cow's toe, and it may have been used by ...

At 80, Spartan king Agesilaus led victories in Egypt, outwitting armies with strategy, earning gold, and defying age.