Mudbrick tombs, unusual burials and scarab amulets emerged from the Wadi Tumilat corridor connecting the Nile Delta to ...
Why do ancient deities appear as certain animals? In the case of an ancient Egyptian god named Thoth, the relation to its animal might be related to moonlight. Thoth was a god of magic, writing, ...
Alamein, an archaeological site west of Alexandria, unearthed about two dozen of the rare artifacts, including one shaped ...
Women played a crucial role in all aspects of the development and endurance of the state, including some who ruled the ...
The mummified daughters of pharaohs who lived thousands of years ago have bone changes that suggest they fought with bows and ...
Hannah Chin and Nate Rott of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the building blocks of birdsong, the evolutionary history of avocados and Egyptian warrior princesses.
You’ve probably noticed that a lot of ancient Egyptian statues have broken noses. Now, for the first time, an exhibition is explaining why. And it’s probably not for the reason you think. As revealed ...
In 1994, Ayman Nassar, an Egyptian-American who grew up in California, briefly abandoned his studies at the University of Colorado and followed his older brother to Egypt. “There were so many ...
They were buried with bows, daggers, and arrows. Now, there's new evidence that these princesses were trained to use them.