In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

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

Baboon mummy DNA from ancient Egypt reveals location of mysterious port city not on any maps. ... Though Punt was mentioned in ancient Egyptian documents, it was never identifiable on a map.

Researchers have discovered what is thought to be the first known map of the night sky, written over 2,000 years ago. ... a collection of ancient texts found in Sinai, Egypt, ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922. Latest U.S.

The ancient Egyptians respected dwarfs, and did not see them as having a physical handicap, according to a study by US researchers. A team from Georgetown University Hospital looked at biological ...

Item 1 of 3 The face of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in 1935 at Deir Elbahari near Luxor and dating to about 1500 BC during ancient Egypt?s New Kingdom period, is seen at the Egyptian ...

Archaeologists have discovered the first physical evidence of the so-called "gold of honor" ceremony in Ancient Egypt, in which the severed hands of defeated foes were presented to the Pharaoh in ...