Learn about the first whole genome from Ancient Egypt, which has shed light on the life and ancestry of a potter who lived ...

The ancient Egyptian potter lived about 4,500 years ago. It's hoped his DNA will open the way to a better understanding of the country's genetic history.

Model of a river boat in the “Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt” gallery at the Art Institute in Chicago on Feb. 14, 2022. “What’s ingenious about the Ancient Egyptian belief system is ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

Life in ancient Egypt wasn't that sweet. New evidence of a sick, deprived population working under harsh conditions contradicts earlier images of wealth and abundance from the art records of the ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered multistory buildings from a lost Egyptian city in the Nile Delta, fostering new insights into urban life in antiquity. The ruins of the city – known in ancient times ...

Bringing ancient Egypt to life. April 18, 2024 Roy Rivenburg, UC Irvine. Luiza Osorio G. Silva, a UC Irvine assistant professor of art history, has decorated her office with Egyptian kitsch, including ...

The Egyptian preoccupation with the preservation of bodies, the construction of enormous monuments and texts called the Book of the Dead had more to do with life’s continuation, not its cessation.

But trust me — nowhere else on Earth can compare in terms of the magnificence of ancient structures, their scale and preservation, to Egypt. I was last in Egypt 20 years ago for a transit of Venus.