During the third millennium B.C.E., a man was buried in a sealed ceramic pot in the Egyptian village of Nuwayrat. Now, using ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

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

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

We explore new ways to tackle the problem of microplastic pollution in our oceans, before meeting an extraordinary man and ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

The depth of the writer’s commitment is tested when he meets with a Southern Californian tattooist proficient in ancient ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

After her death, Hatshepsut’s names and representations such as statues were systematically erased from her monuments.

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...