For the very first time, scientists have sequenced DNA from the entire genome of an individual who lived in ancient Egypt up ...

Ancient Egypt is a period of time that elicits great fascination and, even today, secrets from that era are continuing to be uncovered. For the first time, scientists have now been able to sequence ...

Three new tombs have been discovered in Egypt dating back more than 3,000 years during the New Kingdom period, which lasted ...

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the full genome of a 4,800-year-old Egyptian man. The DNA reveals North African ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

Egypt uncovered a funerary temple and the oldest coffins ever found in Saqqara, unlocking more secrets in the ancient burial site and marking another major discovery in the vast necropolis south ...

CAIRO — A young Egyptian doctor was napping when a horde of security forces came to his door. Minutes later, he was blindfolded — hands bound — and forcibly taken away. For the next 26 days ...

Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

CAIRO — Known as Egypt’s “golden boy,” the mummified remains of a teenager buried 2,300 years ago have long remained shrouded in mystery. Now they have been “digitally unwrapped” by ...