The Roman-era temple of Esna, 60 kilometers south of Luxor in Egypt, is undergoing extensive restoration work in an ...

Wall St. Insights Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions.  Chocolate was a big ...

The joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission has uncovered new details in the inscriptions and scenes adorning the walls ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old tomb that belonged to an ancient Egyptian governor's daughter.

Constructed in the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220), the Biedieli beacon tower is the westernmost beacon tower on the Great Wall. [Photo by Xu Xiaoxuan/China.org.cn] 1 2345678> ...

The restoration of the Temple of Edfu has revealed ancient Egyptian paintings dating back thousands of years. The Temple of Edfu is dedicated to the worship of the god Horus, according to the ...

When complete, the museum will showcase more than 100,000 objects, including treasures from the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

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Among surviving examples of ancient Egyptian literature, one poem stands out for its complexity, beauty, and the number of ...

Painful beauty customs over the years include foot binding, fontage, arsenic pads, lead makeup, Brazilian waxes, and much ...

I better write this down! Oh! I’ve lost my pen. Ancient Egyptian: You’re clearly not Egyptian, are you? Child: No, I’m from Britain. Ancient Egyptian: Haha! No wonder you don’t have a pen.

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...