Scientist at the University of Aberdeen are using 3D imaging software to create interactive models of mummies and other ...

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An archaeological team has uncovered for the first time more than half of the temple, long buried under River Nile sediment.

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Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Guests at the newly-opened tomb of the great Ancient Egyptian ruler Amenhotep III can now bask in the splendor of the Colossi ...

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There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

Katy Perry’s strapless dress steals the scene in Cairo, a midnight column gleaming like liquid metal. She poses in desert ...

The sole surviving sample of Queen Cleopatra's handwriting, found on an ancient papyrus, reveals a single Greek word, ...

Dr. Bob Nicholson joins WIRED to answer the internet's most intriguing queries about Victorian England. How did people ...