Like some misleading, clickbait title from the 19th century, Cleopatra’s Needles have no connection to the legendary queen.

The Sphinx sits right next to a pharaoh’s pyramid complex, which makes many historians think it was built to watch over his ...

Long before Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac helped organize years, beliefs, and social life. Here’s how the system of 12 animals evolved over the centuries.

Archaeologists uncover a 2,600-year-old Kubaba Temple at Oluz Mound in Turkey, revealing rare evidence of Iron Age rituals.

To speak of Egypt is, almost inevitably, to speak of the Great Pyramids. They are the monoliths of our collective imagination, the bucket-list titans that draw millions of travellers to the chaotic, ...

An Egyptologist deciphers secret messages hidden for 3,000 years in the Luxor obelisk that millions see every day.

Exclusive: Zahi Hawass opens up about his new documentary, the latest discoveries changing what we understand about the ...

Satanic statues, grisly executions and forbidden spells haunt the streets of this otherwise charming and elegant destination.

The life of Gaius Cornelius Gallus (ca. 70–27 BCE) shows what happened to politicians in ancient Rome who fell out of favor ...

In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...

Pharaoh throughout the Egypt's wonderful decades, Queen Ramses II dependent a lot more monuments and you can sired more ...

Crocodiles loomed large in the world of the ancient Egyptians. The Nile teemed with the lurking reptiles, and farmers, who made up most of the population, encountered them on a daily basis. While ...