A rock shelter discovered in the southern Sinai Desert contains designs and inscriptions spanning a period of 10,000 years, ...

The silent landscape of El Ashmunein has finally yielded the remaining half of a royal puzzle that lay fractured for nearly a ...

5,000-year-old discovery rewrites history of ancient Egyptian technology ...

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

However, careful reexaminations indicate the “little awl” is far more significant than originally believed—so much so that it ...

The papyrus, known as Anastasi I, or “The Satirical Letter,” is believed by most to take the form of a somewhat mocking ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.

An Egyptian papyrus from the 13th century BC describes giant warriors and reopens a global historical and biblical debate.

Doctors used CT scans to study ancient Egyptian mummies, uncovering injuries, aging, and personal details without disturbing ...

A brazen overnight break-in at the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture, north of Brisbane, has ended with a 52-year-old man arrested and charged, after police say they recovered most of ...