Museums in Turin don't merely display their collections: they do so with panache, in monuments more than a match for the ...

The Instructions of Amenemhat, also known as The Teaching of King Amenemhat I to His Son Senusret, is a literary work from ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

A spectacular necropolis just outside Naples contains stunning tombs that were carved into rock by the ancient Greeks who ...

Many scholars who have studied the question have come up with theories about the location of Alexander the Great’s final resting place, which has made this one of the most hotly debated mysteries in a ...

Some citizens and archaeologists are concerned about what they see as widespread "mismanagement" of Egypt's rich cultural ...

They wanted to take their cats with them into the afterlife so they often mummified them and put them in their tombs. This piece of papyrus (ancient Egyptian paper) shows Pharaoh Ramesses III ...

Putting up a mezuzah in one’s doorway is a timeless and meaningful means of asserting proud Jewish identity. When it was ...

He moved the Egyptian capital back to Thebes. Tutankhamun reigned for roughly 10 years. He died around the age of 18, possibly from malaria, and was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings.

Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The ...

The rock-cut tombs were robbed during the Ptolemaic period and later. Still, the Egyptian teams uncovered some artifacts such as pottery tables that were used to offer bread, wine and meat.