Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Mounaz and Aya Abdelraouf, sisters and co-founders of the Egyptian brand Okhtein, always knew that they wanted to be ...

Guests will have the chance to learn about the rituals of mummification, ancient Egyptian culture and mythology and the ...

Temporary exhibitions of Egyptian antiquities currently touring several countries around the world are achieving remarkable success, attracting large audiences and reaffirming the enduring global ...

In a breakneck digital era, the ancient art of Peking opera works hard to keep flourishing. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ever sequenced. A mosaic death mask believed to have belonged to the Maya ...

Archaeologists recently discovered the remnants of an ancient Egyptian "pleasure boat" near the ruins of Cleopatra VII's lost palace in Alexandria's royal harbor. The discovery was announced by the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Visitors view the first solar boat of King Khufu ...

When I was seven years old, there was only one book release I cared about: Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris (2004). A scrapbook journal from a lost expedition, the bestselling children’s book ...

Tube drill cores found in Egypt show smooth, continuous spiral grooves that indicate extreme pressure and control. Experimental archaeology has repeatedly failed to reproduce these results using ...

Ancient Nubians who lived between the 7th and 9th centuries tattooed the cheeks and foreheads of their infants and toddlers. This surprising discovery was made during a systematic survey of more than ...