In 2008, archaeologists working at a desert settlement in central Egypt uncovered a small, hollowed-out cow bone no more than ...

Analytical chemists successfully reproduced the smells of Ancient Egyptian mummies—without ever having to touch the artifacts ...

The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?

In 2008, researchers discovered a roughly 2.75-inch-long cow toe bone inside a building located in a worker settlement known ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered broken statues of ancient royalty at a sun temple in Heliopolis, an archaeological site that was once a major city near what is now Cairo. The stone-carved ...

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Hundreds of coins that depict Cleopatra VII have been discovered in an Egyptian temple. The archaeologist who led the team ...

A papyrus from ancient Egypt reveals women tested pregnancy by urinating on bags of wheat and barley. If the grains sprouted, ...

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