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In ancient Egyptian funerary rituals, canopic jars were used to hold human organs that were removed during the mummification ...
The board game hounds and jackals, popular in ancient Egypt, likely originated in southwestern Asia, according to a new study ...
DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...
WASHINGTON -- Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to ...
Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...
An ancient rock engraving in the Lower Nile Valley may offer a rare glimpse into the origin of Egyptian kings. The art panel ...
Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...
Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...
A newly-discovered rock art panel on the western bank of the River Nile may depict an Ancient Egyptian authority figure from ...
Eldest sons in top place This means that the Egyptian "eldest sons" held a great deal of power. "I sometimes say that Egypt was quite literally a patriarchy," says Van Gompel.
For years, the story seemed straightforward: Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful and fascinating rulers, was posthumously erased by her successor, Thutmose III.