By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be wild boars that were hunted. At the dawn of the Iron Age, some 500 years ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

The excavation of two Egyptian tombs dating to the Roman period, between 29 B.C.E. and 641 C.E., just unveiled a wealth of ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

Ancient jewelry is up for auction at ... The ornate gold necklace is dated to the Hellenistic Period, a time, Solomon explained, when Greek culture became “very opulent,” previous metals ...

The venerable auction house is unloading one-of-a-kind gold necklaces, rings, trinkets and more from ancient Greece, Rome and ...

In Egypt, his detention was understood among analysts as a gesture of goodwill by the new authorities in Syria. It has also raised questions about what else Syria’s new authorities need to do in the ...

Greek authorities said the statue is from the Hellenistic period Greek Police A statue ... under the relevant legislation.” Ancient Cemetery in Egypt with 'Book of the Dead' Papyrus and Mummies ...

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Languages: English. Scientists have reported a sighting of a spotted hyena in southeastern Egypt—the first such encounter recorded in a whopping 5,000 years. "My first reaction was disbelief ...