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Ancient Egypt

Grave Study Puts Ancient Sexuality In Spotlight

Posted 05.17.2013 | Science

By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 05/17/2013 07:51 AM EDT on LiveScience The peak period for baby-making sex in ancient Egypt was...

LOOK: Lost Sunken City Revealed

Posted 05.01.2013 | World

It is a city shrouded in myth, swallowed by the Mediterranean Sea and buried in sand and mud for more than 1,200 years. But now archeologists are unea...

Oldest Harbor, Oldest Papyri Ever Found In Egypt

The Huffington Post | Carlo Davis | Posted 04.18.2013 | World

A group of archeologists believes it has discovered the oldest harbor ever found in Egypt, as well as the oldest papyri ever unearthed in the country....

Myths Of Moses

Jacob L. Wright | Posted 03.28.2013 | Religion
Jacob L. Wright

From antiquity to modernity, from East to West, this biblical figure has inspired an array of fantastic legends. And he continues to exercise our collective imagination. Yet, who was Moses and where did he come from?

Mummy Myths Busted By Ghoulish New Research

Posted 03.23.2013 | Science

By: Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/22/2013 12:51 PM EDT on LiveScience Contrary to reports by famous Greek historian Herodotus, ...

Sundial Found Near Ancient Tomb May Be Oldest Of Its Kind

Posted 03.22.2013 | Science

By: Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor Published: 03/20/2013 02:07 PM EDT on LiveScience A sundial discovered outside a tomb in Egypt's V...

Old Skeletons Reveal Sad Plight Of Ancient People

Posted 03.19.2013 | Science

Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Published: 03/18/2013 12:58 PM EDT While an Egyptian pharaoh built majestic temples filled with sparkling trea...

Ancient Shoes Shed Fresh Light On Wearers' Ailments

Posted 02.27.2013 | Science

By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 02/27/2013 07:59 AM EST on LiveScience More than 2,000 years ago, at a time when Egypt was ru...

Cleopatra's Murdered Kin Claim Stirs Controversy

Posted 02.26.2013 | Science

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/26/2013 12:57 PM EST on LiveScience A Viennese archaeologist lecturing in North Caro...

Ancient Mummy's Elaborate Hairstyle Recreated In 3D

Posted 01.25.2013 | Science

By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 01/25/2013 08:00 AM EST on LiveScience Nearly 2,000 years ago, at a time when Egypt was under ...

OOPS! Embalmers Left Something Inside Mummy's Skull

Posted 12.15.2012 | Science

By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 12/14/2012 11:04 AM EST on LiveScience A brain-removal tool used by ancient Egyptian embalmers ...

WOW: Ancient Warrior King's Burial Box Is Biggest Ever Found

Posted 12.06.2012 | Science

By: Owen Jarus, LiveScience Contributor Published: 12/06/2012 12:47 PM EST on LiveScience The largest ancient Egyptian sarcophagus has been identif...

Let's Not Omit History Because It Is Convenient

Firas Al-Atraqchi | Posted 02.04.2013 | Media
Firas Al-Atraqchi

With such an undertaking as Andrew Marr's History of the World, it's likely that a lot will be overlooked or omitted. However, there are some things -- fundamental building blocks of human history -- which cannot be sacrificed for expediency.

Ancient Fake Toes 'Road Tested' In New Research

Posted 10.03.2012 | Science

By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 10/03/2012 10:37 AM EDT on LiveScience Researchers have suspected two Egyptian artificial toes are the wor...

Egyptian Tourism After The Embassy Riots

Jean Newman Glock | Posted 11.14.2012 | Travel
Jean Newman Glock

In our two hour meeting with President Morsi, he made it clear that he wished to do everything possible to ensure that tourists returning to Egypt felt safe and welcome.

Disturbing Way One Culture Learned Mummification

| Posted 08.14.2012 | Science

by Emily Underwood on 13 August 2012, 3:10 PM | Trekking through Chile's Atacama Desert 7000 years ago, hunter-gatherers known as the Chinchorro ...

Sun Worship

Donna Henes | Posted 09.26.2012 | Healthy Living
Donna Henes

For many millennia, the moon reigned supreme and was worshipped as divine. Although the sun has been venerated to some degree in practically every culture in the world, a highly developed worship of the sun is comparatively rare.

The Curse of the Exploding Cheeks

Vicky Alvear Shecter | Posted 09.10.2012 | Weird News
Vicky Alvear Shecter

What will archaeologists thousands of years from now say about us -- and our values -- when they discover skulls sporting plastic cheek and chin implants? Or rib cages balancing the rubbery remnants of breast implants? Or hip bones resting on pillows of fake buttocks?

Ancient Mummy Suffered Rare And Painful Disease

Posted 04.27.2012 | Science

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 | Comedy
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 | World
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 | Arts
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 | World

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 | Weird News
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 | Arts

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