LUXOR, Egypt -- Egypt on Sunday revealed the revamp of two colossal statues of a prominent pharaoh in the southern city of ...

The ancient liturgy of the Rorate Caeli Advent Mass honors the Blessed Virgin Mary through a Mass celebrated at dawn, in ...

Ancient Egyptian art and texts tell of wealthy elite traveling along the Nile on luxury pleasure boats known as the ...

Two iron ankle shackles, buried for about 2,200 years in the Egyptian desert, have revealed new evidence of forced labor.

Archaeologists diving off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, have discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old "pleasure barge" ...

Cycads use infrared heat to guide beetle pollinators, revealing an ancient plant communication system that predates flowers.

The discovery offers a fascinating glimpse into "life, religion, luxury, and pleasure" on the waterways of early Roman Egypt.

Crocodiles loomed large in the world of the ancient Egyptians. The Nile teemed with the lurking reptiles, and farmers, who made up most of the population, encountered them on a daily basis. While ...

Throughout ancient Egyptian history, taxes were very much part of daily life. Most Egyptians were farmers who owed the state both a period of labor service and a portion of their annual harvest. The ...

A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly ...

The hat lay flattened and moth-eaten for more than a century in a museum box. Now, the rare 2,000-year-old headpiece (made ...

From honeyed bread and beer to figs, fish, and onions, the diet of ancient Egyptians reveals a civilization powered by agriculture and ingenuity. Discover how their meals reflected class, religion, ...