Ancient Egypt

Ancient Mummy Suffered Rare And Painful Disease

Posted 04.27.2012

By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 04/27/2012 01:32 PM EDT on LiveScience Around 2,900 years ago, an ancient Egyptian man, likel...

The 15 Embarrassments of the Ancient World

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.16.2012

Mark C. Miller

World's first fraternity party. Photo: Getty Images/ ZoneCreative What do the Colossus of Rhodes, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Mausoleu...

Free or Not to Be? That's the Battle

Anthony Strano | Posted 05.12.2012

Anthony Strano

A few protest tents remain in the square but will they keep waiting there? Most protesters have gone home. However in their homes it seems many are waiting and certainly hoping for a better, freer and just Egypt.

Nefertiti: What Is Seen Cannot Be Un-seen

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn | Posted 02.08.2012

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Thutmose perfectly captured Queen Nefertiti at the apex of her power and the peak of her beauty and so it is to him that she owes her eternal fame and in creating this work of art, Thutmose in turn lays claim to his place among the greatest artists in human history.

Archaeologists Find Large Statue Of King Amenhotep III

AP | Posted 12.01.2011

CAIRO -- Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a large statue of king Amenhotep III who ruled nearly 3,400 years ago and who was the grandfather of t...

Ambergris: Dragon Spittle Fragrance

Dora Levy Mossanen | Posted 01.18.2012

Dora Levy Mossanen

During the early stages of research for my forthcoming novel, The Last Romanov, I came across more than a few fascinating natural wonders, but none as mesmerizing as ambergris and its origin.

PHOTOS: Matthew Barney's Ancient Symbols

Posted 11.25.2011

Matthew Barney's latest exhibit, "DJED," at the Gladstone Gallery explores Egyptian conceptions of the afterlife that Barney first tackled in his 2010...

Hundreds Of 3,000-Year-Old Egyptian Inscribed Blocks Unearthed

AP | Posted 08.27.2011

CAIRO -- French archaeologists have unearthed hundreds of 3,000-year-old colored limestone blocks believed to have been used to build the sacred lake ...

Are Egypt's Animals Now in Peril?

Wendy Diamond | Posted 05.25.2011

Wendy Diamond

The political upheaval in Egypt has greatly affected Egypt's people. But their animal population has truly been decimated. The people have been heard. Now it's the animals' time.

WATCH: Math Used In Computers Is Identical To Math Used In Ancient Egypt

The Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

In 2008 mathematician and author Michael S. Schneider put together this incredible video illustrating how the mathematics used by Ancient Egyptians is...

Kin Tut's Grandfather, Pharaoh Amenhotep III, Carved In Statue Discovered In Egypt

Posted 05.25.2011

Exactly eighty-eight years after another historic Egyptian discovery, archaeologists conducting a routine dig Thursday unearthed the top half of a red...

PHOTOS: EXHIBITION SPOTLIGHT: Pages From Ancient Egyptian Book Of The Dead At The British Museum

Posted 05.25.2011

WHAT: 'Journey Through the Afterlife: The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead' WHEN: 4 November 2010 - 6 March 2011 WHERE: British Museum Great...

Egyptian Group Seeks to Ban One Thousand and One Arabian Nights

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 05.25.2011

Firas Al-Atraqchi

In the latest effort to censor texts considered to be "offensive to the public good", an Egyptian NGO is attempting to ban the popular book One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.

Egypt Finds Hoard Of 2,000-Year-Old Bronze Coins

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — Archaeologists unearthed 383 bronze coins dating back to King Ptolemy III who ruled Egypt in the 3rd century B.C. and was an ancestor of...

Ancient Egyptian 'Door To Afterlife' Found

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — Archaeologists have unearthed a 3,500-year-old door to the afterlife from the tomb of a high-ranking Egyptian official near Karnak templ...

Egypt Announces Find Of Ancient Temple To Cat Goddess Bastet

AP | HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — Archaeologists have unearthed a 2,000-year-old temple that may have been dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cat goddess, Bastet, the Supr...

New Discovery Shows Slaves Didn't Build Pyramids, Egypt Says

AP | KATARINA KRATOVAC | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO — Egypt displayed on Monday newly discovered tombs more than 4,000 years old and said they belonged to people who worked on the Great Pyra...

Reselling Things That Already Exist

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

For a hot minute, I couldn't decide if this strategy is the dumbest thing since "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" or if it's pure genius. I was stuck with an uncomfortable in-between feeling.