The result of these distortions is that when most people think of Africa’s past, they see only pyramids and pharaohs — and imagine them as white. Meanwhile, kingdoms like Kush, Mali, Aksum, Songhai, ...

Archaeologists recently found an ancient copper workshop in the Sinai region of Egypt – the land tied to Moses and the Book of Exodus. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the ...

The Colossal Ancient Dragon is an Exotic-rarity fish in Fisch that can be caught in the Crimson Cavern. This is where you must trigger a Colossal Ancient Dragon Hunt to make it spawn. Its value is ...

The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars. Led by NASA and featuring key analysis from Imperial College London, the work has uncovered a range of minerals ...

Scientists have finally uncovered direct genetic evidence of Yersinia pestis — the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian — in a mass grave in Jerash, Jordan. This long-sought discovery resolves a ...

Ancient artifacts dating back to a sunken city from more than 2,000 years ago were pulled out of the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday, according to Egyptian officials. The historic treasures — which ...

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the first ...

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known DNA from ancient Egypt. It belonged to a potter who lived 4,500 years ago. This rare genetic snapshot offers new insights ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This figure is one of a group of male and female figures from the court of King Ockiya of Brass. Brass was a port in ...