Ancient DNA from an Egyptian genome has been sequenced for the first time, revealing genetic links to the Fertile Crescent.

LONDON — For the first time, scientists have successfully decoded the complete genome of an ancient Egyptian who lived nearly 5,000 years ago. The results from this single individual challenge ...

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led. reading time 2 minutes Scientists have, for the first time, sequenced the ...

In recent years, Egyptologists’ understanding of the period of stability and prosperity that emerged at the end of the 4th millennium B.C.E. known as the Old Kingdom has begun to change. Excavations ...

When people think of ancient civilizations, their minds often drift to the best pyramids of ancient Egypt or the Roman ruins ...

There's much more to ancient Africa than Egypt. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Many modern histories tend to focus on ancient ...

Black Spectrum Theatre is starting its 56th season with action-packed reenactments of sometimes-obscure pieces of Black ...

The Penn Museum is temporarily closing two of its most revered galleries this fall to make way for some dramatic changes. The Ancient Egypt and Nubia galleries will close Nov. 6 so the museum can ...

Egypt’s Khaled El-Enany has been elected Director-General of UNESCO, becoming the first Arab and second African to lead the ...

The Saqqara tomb near Cairo was one of the few ‘mastaba’ tombs of ancient Egypt to have a written curse inscribed on its ...

The ancient Greek language and culture spread through Africa following the conquests of Alexander the Great on the continent.