Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

In what the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) is calling an “unprecedented” discovery ...

Scientists in recent years have made progress in finding ancient DNA in fossils, gaining insight into organisms that lived ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

When large marine animals like whales die, they sink down to the seabed. Once their flesh has been stripped away by ...

Across history, ancient civilizations crafted prototypes for many of the modern mechanisms that have become integral to ...

Ancient Greek military thinking and strategy presents useful lessons for modern military theorists and practitioners.

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

An ancient rock engraving in the Lower Nile Valley may offer a rare glimpse into the origin of Egyptian kings. The art panel ...