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, ...

Archaeologists have just uncovered the first known funeral home from ancient Egypt. The complex included a mummification ...

After being over the moon at the discovery, Egyptologists were left in complete shock after opening a lost pyramid for the ...

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 ...

The HMS Challenger left Sheerness on the north Kent coast in 1872, embarking on an unprecedented mission to circumnavigate ...

Child: The ancient Egyptian civilisation began 5,000 years ago and lasted 3,000 years! It was located along the River Nile in north-east Africa. I better write this down! Oh! I’ve lost my pen.

Ancient Egypt had many more pyramids than those at Giza. The lesser known pyramids of Step, Bent and Red still stand today, ...

Well, one physicist tried to figure that out. VICE reports that Seamus Blackley, more famous as the man behind Xbox, had the chance of a lifetime to bake some bread using 4,500-year-old yeast that was ...

The ancient Egyptians were amongst the first groups of people to farm on a large scale, growing stable crops on a regular basis. Play this game to test your knowledge and learn even more facts ...

AUC winter course "Egypt, Ancient to Modern Civilization" takes students around Egypt, including to Luxor, Saqqara/Giza, and ...

Discover the fascinating history of cat domestication and genetic analysis results, revealing how ancient Egyptians played a ...