The latest work—led by the Archaeological Preservation and Registration sector of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Archaeology, the ...

An exploration of some of the oldest temples in the world, shedding light on the lives of ancient civilizations and their ...

The houses in Luxor seem to strive skyward, forever optimistic. From their roofs, brick columns rise to the heavens, ...

From 1570 to 1069 B.C., this city was the capital of Egypt, and every pharaoh who came to power launched a new construction project within its sprawling temple complex. For half a millennium ...

A hieroglyphic inscription bearing the name of Pharaoh Ramses III has been discovered in southern Jordan.

Viking® ( has announced its newest ship for the Nile River—the 82-guest Viking Amun—was “floated out,” marking a major ...

Far-right national security minister speaks to receptive audience but draws Israeli demonstrators during rocky visit to US ...

By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...

New research has overturned everything we thought we knew about cat domestication. Forget the theory that cats simply ...

The sixth emperor of the famed Mughal dynasty, he is considered by many detractors to be a tyrant who brutalized women, razed ...