From the Magazine of the Archaeological Institute of America comes the jaw-dropping chronicle of an Egyptian temple, once ...

Spectacular statues reveal art tradition of ancient Rome’s lost sculpture capital - City of Perga on Turkey’s southwestern Mediterranean coast was renowned in ancient world for production of marble st ...

Ancient Granary Diorama Discovered in Meketre's Tomb Scribes and Grain Storage Highlight Egypt's Agricultural Strength ...

A major highlight of Art Cairo was the "Egyptian Sarcophagi" series by Syrian contemporary artist Nizar Sabour, featuring ...

It is the first royal tomb to be found since King Tutankhaman's over a century ago. Researchers find nine mummies they examined all smelled "woody", "spicy" and "sweet". Egypt and Qatar are ...

A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and hundreds of others. By Carl Zimmer In 1786, a British judge named ...

Ancient-genomics researchers have pinpointed the homelands of a nomadic tribe that transformed the culture and genetics of Europe and Asia, revealing a potential source for the Indo–European ...

The term Egyptian cotton gets thrown around a lot as shorthand for very fancy sheets, but not all Egyptian cotton is created equal. Some sheets made from Egyptian cotton will be certified as such ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), opens new tab and Northrop Grumman Corp's (NOC.N), opens new tab defense systems ...

The sixth edition of Art Cairo, Egypt’s premier art fair, is set to take place from February 8 to 11, 2025, at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), showcasing contemporary and modern Arab art on an ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Cleopatra, the Greek queen of Ancient Egypt was depicted by Heinrich Faust in 1876 ... She has become a popular figure in media, literature, and art, and her enchanting qualities, romantic ...