One tomb belonged to Amum-em-Ipet, who lived during the Ramesside period (as the 19th and 20th Dynasties, the last two of the ...

Mr. Hoffman is an associate editor of the Sun, where he covers politics and culture. He holds a PhD from Harvard and a law ...

Three tombs dating back thousands of years have been unearthed in an ancient Egyptian burial complex. The tombs of three ...

A tomb that may have been built for a close friend of Alexander the Great may be aligned with the winter solstice.

Now French researchers suggest that the ancient Egyptians' heavily painted eyelids did more than attract admirers—they also protected against eye infections. (Related: "Scorpion King's Wines ...

Archaeologists excavating the ruins of an ancient Assyrian king’s throne room ... “These figures suggest that a massive winged sun disk was originally mounted above the relief.” ...

Seventeen footprints preserved in a slab of sandstone discovered in southeastern Australia dating to about 355 million years ago are rewriting the history of the evolution of land vertebrates ...

Sarcophagus lids, a Greco-Roman portrait and fragments of what is believed to be a temple of Queen Hatshepsut ... Great's generals and founder of ancient Egypt's last royal dynasty — is also ...

below the statue of the reclining Buddha in an ancient temple, someone stashed their hoard. Gold, silver and bronze items were hidden at the Thailand site for centuries — until now. Workers ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed ruins from a hidden ancient palace which housed popes for centuries before the Vatican was established. The discoveries give a rare glimpse into the dangers faced by ...