Ancient uses of olive oil for rituals of initiation, sanctification and healing have a modern legacy. In 2023, oil for the coronation of Charles III was harvested from groves on the Mount of Olives, ...

The world’s fascination with ancient Egypt is a cultural "heritage" passed down from the Greeks and Romans, said Vincent Rondot, Egyptologist and former director of the Egyptian Department at the ...

Federal authorities have recovered more than a dozen ancient Egyptian artifacts illegally smuggled into the United States and destined for private collectors, including a funerary statue valued at ...

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a more than 3,000-year-old fortress that has been described as one of the country’s “largest and most important” at the Tell El-Kharouba archaeological site in ...

Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, Bolivia, Egypt, Hawaii, Easter Island and other exotic places. With special ...

Today a desert—as far as the eye can see. However, anyone looking more closely will discover hundreds of images carved into the rock. This ancient Egyptian graffiti attests to the fact that a new ...

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human genome sequence from ancient Egypt. The remains are 4,800 to 4,500 years old ...

How did they build the pyramids? Why were they so obsessed with cats? Did they mummify everyone? Egyptologist Chris Naunton answers Google's most searched questions about Ancient Egypt. 00:00 ...

The pieces were recovered in New York City. Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced this week it had successfully recovered a rare trove of smuggled artifacts from the United States, ...

They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King Tutankhamun’s father, Akhenaten — and harbored a wine jug stamped with the name of ...