The ancient Egyptians didn't want tomb robbers to pilfer treasures in the pyramids, so how did they stop thieves?

Built around 3400 BCE, Newgrange in Ireland predates Stonehenge by 500 years and Egypt’s pyramids by 900. Containing 200,000 ...

The story of Giza begins with Queen Hetepheres, Khufu’s mother, whose lavish tomb revealed golden chairs, butterfly-adorned bracelets, and furniture that showcased Egypt’s masterful carpentry. Around ...

The study of private tombs during the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom in ancient Egypt offers a unique window ...

Today the pyramids at Giza seem at home in their sandy surroundings, but, when they were first completed, they would have ...

South of Egypt, Nubia produced some of Africa’s most remarkable kingdoms.

The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally opening. We meet the CEO of Atelier Brückner, Shirin Frangoul-Brückner, who took on ...

In ancient Egypt, did pyramids really have booby traps? Why was treasure hidden inside? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. When the ancient Egyptians built their giant pyramids, they wanted to ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and ...

The burials of some of history's most famous characters have been lost to time; providing an enthralling adventure for ...

The face is certainly supposed to be Tutankhamun's, it's just that the experts have found evidence that it wasn't meant to be the face on the original mask after all. Instead, they reckon the death ...

These types of Neolithic circular ditch monuments are found throughout Central Europe, but their intended function is a ...