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 ...

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

Who Carried the Royal Bloodline in Ancient Egypt? Why were Women so important? First we need to understand the role of a woman in ancient Egypt. Women in Ancient Egypt weren’t seen as lesser than men, ...

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

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

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

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

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