If you've ever wondered how farming spread far and wide, our research on past human societies offers one explanation: contact ...

The modern name comes from a Greek version of the ancient Egyptian name Abedju. The size of the 3,600-year-old limestone tomb chamber (shown from below and above) suggests that it was likely ...

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

sweet root vegetables that were ground and mixed with honey or dates to make energy-rich cakes. These were the ancient Egyptians’ version of dessert, often offered to the gods or enjoyed at feasts.

The Eye of Horus was a key symbol in ancient Egypt. It appeared on amulets and in tombs. Egyptians believed it offered divine ...

The team has uncovered and photographed scenes that reveal how ancient Egyptians depicted and worshipped their gods and how they conceived of the universe through the astronomical objects and ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was possibly built by King Tutankhamun's father and later added to by Ramesses II ...

A top chef has revealed what we should be doing to make our vegetables taste much better and it's something that not many of us are aware of. Millions of Brits cook vegetables every day ...

The Persians used the ancient weapon of religious superstition to conquer Egypt. Painting by Pierre-Marie Lenoir (1872) Credit: Wikimedia Commons Public Domain The cats that did not protect the ...

If you’re looking to boost your energy, immunity, and overall wellness, the answer lies in vegetables. Just adding a variety of vegetables to your daily diet can do wonders for your health.

Now, they believe they have uncovered the secret of an ancient Egyptian ritual inside Tutankhamun’s tomb. Dr Nicholas Brown, an Egyptologist at Yale University, claims that some of the treasures ...

Mark Fischer via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 2.0 The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb filled with treasure. When Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the chamber ...