A newly-discovered rock art panel on the western bank of the River Nile may depict an Ancient Egyptian authority figure from ...

How do you carve, transport, and erect a single block statue weighing over 1,000 tons—out of composite quartzite, flint, or granite—using only primitive tools? In this video, we explore the standing ...

Researchers believe the carved scene dates back to the fourth millennium BC - centuries before the first pyramids.

An ancient rock engraving in the Lower Nile Valley may offer a rare glimpse into the origin of Egyptian kings. The art panel ...

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state.

Yi Wong re-examines the destruction of Hatshepsut's statues, suggesting ritualistic deactivation rather than revenge by ...

Featured artefacts from The British Museum’s world-famous collection include the double-headed serpent of the Aztecs, the ...

The Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is a beloved figure in global history because she was a powerful female pharaoh, which was ...

Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...

After the French parliament voted on Monday to return to Ivory Coast a "talking drum" that colonial troops took from the ...

The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...