In the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a small copper-alloy tool from a cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt. It is just 63 millimeters long ...

A growing number of ancient Egyptian stone vases are being digitally scanned and analyzed with modern engineering tools. The ...

Explore the possibility of lost ancient high technology in Egypt through the study of mysterious megalithic stonework found in some of the most fascinating archaeological sites. This video examines ...

The Widmanstätten pattern also hints at how the meteorite was processed by the ancient Egyptians. The cross-hatched texture, ...

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Buried in the deserts of the Near East, Egypt, and Central Asia, ancient libraries with troves of knowledge and wisdom have been uncovered.

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An ancient artist applied a white substance to an illustration of a jackal, slimming down its appearance, according to ...

He turned “cat burglar” into a job description. A 52‑year‑old man has been charged after an Egyptian cat sculpture and “priceless” artifacts were stolen from an Australian history museum, Queensland ...

More than a century after its discovery, Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat is finally giving up new secrets. By analyzing ancient caulking and cords from the Hjortspring boat, researchers uncovered ...

An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...