From "Star Wars" film sets to baboons in Saudi Arabia, here's how to experience the "eclipse of the century" in style on Aug.

Egypt’s past was never lost, but the power to interpret it was slowly displaced, archived elsewhere, and returned as ...

A recent drought in Spain uncovered a 7,000-year-old megalithic monument, older than Egypt's pyramids. Rating: Mixture (About ...

Researchers led by Tohoku University’s Motoyuki Sato used GPR—along with a method known as electrical resistivity tomography ...

Archaeologists in Poland discovered 5,500-year-old tombs dubbed “Polish pyramids.” The oversized graves feature earthen ...

In the shadow of the Grand Egyptian Museum, souvenir shop owner Mona has been readying for the tourist boom she hoped the ...

Baltimore marks the 27th stop on his current tour, where attendees will hear about several new discoveries, including a newly-found pyramid and a lost city.

WASHINGTON — Ancient DNA has revealed a genetic link between the cultures of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature.

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

A 12-day ‘Secrets of Egypt & the Nile’ cruise is like having an ancient civilizations textbook come to life.

Inscriptions inside the Great Pyramid of Giza have been discovered to reveal new details about how the ancient wonder was built ...