A scarab beetle set in gold shows that ancient Egyptians thought the heart was the most important organ in the human body.

Archaeologists confronted by a false door at an excavation site were stunned to find that it led to the tomb of Egyptian royalty. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the ...

King Djoser of Egypt ordered his chief architect, Imhotep, to design a tomb like no other - The Step Pyramid of Djoser.

In 1872, two British men took three artifacts from the Great Pyramid of Giza. These are the only known items ever removed ...

In a fascinating discovery from ancient Athens, archaeologists have uncovered a collection of “curse tablets” hidden in a well, shedding light on the lengths to which the Greeks went to enact ...

One hundred and eighty-nine years ago, a spectacular 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk was erected in Place de la Concorde, Paris, after it had been gifted to France by the viceroy of Egypt.

The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in the afterlife, researchers say.

Based on a recent discovery at the excavation site of Kerameikos, where the main graveyard of ancient Athens once stood, the Greeks inscribed lead tablets with curses meant to target their enemies ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to ...

Deinosuchus could then have spread across the continent to inhabit coastal marshes on both sides of the ancient inland sea, and along North America’s Atlantic coast. The new study’s revised ...

He preached peace, love and awareness, and his overall aesthetic was a blend of concepts from the Bible, science fiction, numerology, Egyptian mythology ... inspired by ancient Egypt and alien ...

The Egyptians hold the upper hand in the previous meetings with 21 wins, 21 draws and 20 defeats but there is no doubt they do not relish coming up against South African opposition. In the ...