The plague theory emerged primarily from ancient texts rather than physical evidence. Hittite plague prayers from the late 14th century BC describe a devastating epidemic that allegedly originated ...

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The most comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of Egypt’s Karnak Temple complex has been carried out by an international ...

Now, Franck Goddio, the French underwater archaeologist who rediscovered Thonis-Heracleion, says the 82-foot-long (25-meter-long) military ship was discovered in the major canal that flowed along the ...

Archaeologists reveal that Egypt’s Karnak Temple was built on a 3,000-year-old natural island formed by the Nile, linking mythology with engineering and landscape.

Our next adventure took us to Aswan, the gateway to Egypt’s mystical south. We boarded a super-fast night train, gliding ...

Did you ever wonder if the great stories of ancient mythology, tales of the men behind the Egyptian pyramids and the rulers of the fabled cities of ancient Anatolia, were real? Well, if that's the ...

Prince Khaemwaset, born in the 12th century BCE, was an archaeologist of his own already ancient civilization. You could call ...

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At The Met, “Divine Egypt” brings a 3,000-year pantheon of gods to life through sculpture, relief, and sacred art.