The opening of the royal palace of Aigai to the public in 2024 reignited global interest in the life and legacy of Alexander ...

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

The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated from Nabataean, an ancient Arabic language.

BCE, two titans of the Hellenistic world clashed in one of the ancient world’s largest battles to decide the fate of ...

An ancient statue dating to the Hellenistic era was found in a black bag next to garbage bins in Greece's northern city of ...

The colorful material weighed over 5 pounds and was likely made to decorate an emperor’s palace, Italian officials said.

We have encountered a fascinating social media map that illustrates the Greek world through archaeological discoveries. This map, created by a user on Google Maps, spans the Iberian Peninsula to India ...

Egypt’s rich literary tradition has long been a source of inspiration for its thriving film and television industry. From the haunting pages of gothic thrillers to the introspective musings of modern ...

Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty Images Ancient Egypt was primarily ruled by men, with only a handful of women successfully coming to power. One of them was Hatshepsut, the sixth pharaoh of the 18th ...

Many of the tombs featured a range of artifacts that could redefine what scholars know about ancient Egypt. Archaeologists uncovered parts of Queen Hatshepsut’s Valley Temple from the Middle ...

Of all the examples of pyramids in Egypt, the most famous is certainly the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one still surviving, and for ...

Saqqara is located about 25 miles southwest of Cairo as "one of the most important cities in ancient Egyptian history," says the Ministry’s website. It adds, "Saqqara is truly an open-air museum ...