Egypt continued to establish its position as the capital of global archaeological discoveries, after the prestigious American Journal of Archaeology selected the tomb of King Thutmose II on the West ...

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This December marks just over a century since one of the most breath-holding moments in archaeological history — the day in 1922 when Howard Carter first gazed into the long-sealed tomb of Tutankhamun ...

Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ancient Egyptian vessel, proving that opium use was widespread in the land of the pharaoh — including during the time of King ...

Two forgotten mummies were left in a flooded, unmarked tomb for centuries—but new forensic analysis reveals a shocking connection to King Tut. One mummy, a woman in her 40s, shows signs of royal ...

Recent headlines announced the discovery of Thutmose II’s tomb—Egypt’s first royal burial uncovered since King Tut. But that may not be the whole story. Evidence suggests a second, sealed tomb may ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental.

Tut's head, scanned in .62-millimeter slices to register its intricate structures, takes on eerie detail in the resulting image. With Tut's entire body similarly recorded, a team of specialists in ...

Egyptian authorities have pulled back the curtain on the repaired statues, described as 'one of the most important landmarks ...

Slightly apart from the main GEM complex stands the Khufu’s Boats Museum, home to some of the world’s oldest surviving wooden ...

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...