Could an Egyptian coffin, dated 5,000 years ago, hold the answer to one of the night sky’s greatest mysteries? University of ...

While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

Before Egypt’s dynasties, rural rituals and astral burials shaped beliefs that later defined the divine and sacred order.

Chinese radar has detected mysterious plasma bubbles hovering over Egypt’s Pyramids from 5,000 miles away.

Chinese radar detects an ionospheric "plasma bubbles" over Egypt from Hainan, revealing key advances in global monitoring of ...

A vast ancient city believed to have been wiped off by an asteroid lies under the Egyptian pyramids. Scientists who first found it in sonar scans in March, and then more signs of structures later, ...

Researchers believe the carved scene dates back to the fourth millennium BC - centuries before the first pyramids.

The mystery of an 'underground city' beneath Egypt's pyramids has intensified after scientists revealed a new discovery below ...

Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published on July 2 in the journal Nature.