The Nile nourishes a green band stretching through the desert, from the heart of Africa to the Mediterranean Sea. Along its banks, the ancient Egyptians grew their crops, and still do. They also built ...
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Egypt’s most bizarre artifact

The Schist Disk, discovered in an early dynastic tomb, looks less like a ceremonial object and more like a component of complex machinery. Its precise design and central rotating axis have inspired ...
As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and ...
Archaeologists discovered a 3,000-year-old gold processing city in Egypt’s Sukari mountains, revealing advanced mining systems and evidence of an ancient residential settlement.
Australian police have charged a 52-year-old man after a robbery at a museum in the town of Caboolture and recovered a cache ...
Researchers have identified the earliest known "mechanically sophisticated" drill found in association with ancient Egyptian ...
The British Museum removed references to “Palestine” from some ancient Middle East displays. The decision has drawn criticism ...
On February 16, 1923, one of the most significant moments in archaeological history unfolded in Thebes, Egypt, as the English archaeologist Howard Carter breached the sealed ...
Abercrombie & Kent marked a significant milestone as it laid the keel for its second newbuild luxury riverboat on the Nile.
New insights reveal where Bronze Age Mycenae's gold may have originated, from Thrace to Egypt and further afield.