The seized items include a funerary statue valued at $6 million that likely came from an archaeological site near the ancient ...

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

Ancient Egyptian art often shows men with bald or shaved heads, but this was not a sign of age or illness. It symbolized ...

Ancient Egyptian civilization lasted some 3,000 years; the show, which runs into January, covers all periods and features ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 3,500-year-old military fortress with a zigzag-style wall in the north Sinai Desert of Egypt ...

The Hopi are an aggregation of clans that came together at the “center-point” ( Tuuwanasavi) in northern Arizona during the course of their migrations. Because they are not a monolithic tribe, the ...

After five years travelling the other side of the world, a blockbuster exhibition on ancient Egypt complete with more than 10 ...

Wake up to History and the Sunshine on the Nile. This is not the Egypt you have visited on postcards”. Each day at Luxury Nile Cruises is a combination ...

In 2009, Terry Herbert, an unemployed metal detectorist in Staffordshire, England, swept his detector over a freshly plowed ...

Ancient Art from Cyprus and the Mediterranean,” part of a larger reinstallation project re-envisioning all The Ringling’s ...

Author Sam Kean writes about how experimental archaeology engages the senses and offers an intimate look into ancient history ...