It appears that even the most skilled scribes of ancient Egypt made mistakes. A recent discovery at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has revealed that ancient Egyptian artisans used a correction ...

The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

The excavation offers a fresh window into how people lived, traded, and commemorated the dead on the western Black Sea coast during the Roman era. Hospital Works Reveal a Hidden Tomis Necropolis ...

In the stone mass of the Great Pyramid, a corridor about 9 meters long was outlined not by drills or demolition, but by particles raining down from space. Later confirmed with radar, ultrasound, and ...

Further south, in the Don River basin, the menu changed. There, the “chefs” were obsessed with seeds. The foodcrusts were packed with wild grasses and wild legumes, like clover, all cooked together ...

The "backward-looking curiosity" -- Donkeys and pharaohs -- Reading ancient Egypt -- Digging into Nineveh -- Tablets and tunnelling -- The Maya revealed -- Axes and elephants -- A huge turning point - ...

Perspectives on the Ancient Near Eastern canon : More than Mesopotamia's greatest hits / Amy Rebecca Gansell and Ann Shafer -- The southern Levant and the Ancient Near Eastern canon / Rachel Hallote - ...

Researchers recently used near-infrared photography to get a detailed look at ancient artwork showing scenes of wild animals tangled in a fight. But these weren’t paintings on a cave wall. They were ...

Explore Pennsylvania’s ancient treasures that offer a glimpse into the past and will captivate history enthusiasts.