The "Pharaoh's Curse" which killed archaeologists, scientists and explorers who broke into the tombs of ancient kings in ...

Latest scientific breakthrough involves a virus. which was said to have claimed the lives of explorers who unearthed the ...

The 'rediscovery' of the ancient city of Imet, in Egypt's eastern Nile Delta, has been hailed a landmark historical find.

After King Tutankhamun's tomb was opened in the 1920s, a series of untimely deaths among the excavation team fuelled rumors ...

A new study challenges the idea that the so-called "king" buried at Newgrange was part of a royal dynasty in Ireland.

Researchers believe that a fungus thought to be found in ancient tombs may provide a valuable new tool in the fight against ...

Tucked away in Houston’s northern reaches sits a museum that gives new meaning to the phrase “deadly serious” – the National Museum of Funeral History. This isn’t your typical “let’s go see some ...

Archaeologists uncovered Old Kingdom tombs in Aswan’s Qubbat al-Hawa, Egypt, shedding light on a key transitional period in ...

The incredible number of shiny shell beads found in the Montelirio tomb reveal an ancient economy able to support large-scale ...

While the Grand Egyptian Museum hasn’t officially opened yet, it has been opening in stages over the last two years. Here’s ...

Archaeologists uncovered multi-storey dwellings, granaries and a ceremonial road tied to the worship of the cobra goddess Wadjet.

Scientists have found that a deadly tomb fungus called Aspergillus flavus may hold the key to promising new treatments for ...