Egypt's greatest mysteries—lost tombs, cryptic texts, and eerie curses—continue to intrigue, with leading theories offering ...

From a mysterious seafaring culture that threatened the mighty Egyptian empire to an advanced urban society that built elaborate water systems before the invention of metal tools, these lost ...

Usually transmitted by fleas hitching a ride on rodents, the bubonic plague attacks the lymphatic system, and initially ...

For over 3,000 years, ancient Egypt was one of the most powerful civilizations on Earth, with an empire stretching across half a dozen modern-day countries. How much do you know about this iconic ...

The Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt offered a dazzling spectacle as the rising sun aligned perfectly with its main axis.

to different Egyptian and Greco-Roman gods. Paganism continues on even after the conversion to Christianity. [In the Roman Empire] you have an enormous set of religious options. It would be like ...

The Egyptian civilization was the first great civilization on this planet. Egyptians thought gods, demons and spirits played a key role in causing diseases. Many doctors at the time believed that ...

For ten nights, animal lovers brought their furry friends to "On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt" at the Shanghai Museum, where many examples of ancient cat imagery are on ...

Archaeologists have found a white marble statue of a woman wearing a royal crown under the walls of an ancient temple and suspect it may be of the famous Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. The dig also ...