The Egyptology PhD candidate sat down with FM to discuss Ancient Egyptian artifacts, translating hieroglyphs, and misconceptions about the ancient Near East.

The 4,000-year-old burial chamber featured hieroglyphs referring to the woman, known as Idi, as the "lady of the house" ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Egyptian burial chamber featuring two "intricately painted" wooden coffins, among other finds. A joint Egyptian–German mission discovered the tomb during ...

The implication is that there used to be at least four hieroglyphic stairways at Dzibanche ... If the block was part of a large-font Long Count date, then its only link to the rest of the stairway is ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old tomb that belonged to an ancient Egyptian governor's daughter. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

“The fossil pollen, spores, and wood presented in this study paint a much different picture of the ancient environment, providing direct evidence of the presence of cool, wet forests.

The Phaistos disk from circa 1700 B.C. The signs were not engraved using a stylus but rather pressed onto the wet clay using molds or seals in a kind of ancient typesetting. One of the great ...

7 GIFs Restore Ancient Ruins to Their Full Glory “Revealing the temple’s polychromy helps us to understand better the iconography of the reliefs and hieroglyphic inscriptions that fully cover ...

Think of it as an architectural moussaka. At the bottom are remnants of the ancient city dating back to the fifth century BCE, tucked underneath Metro stations, clothes shops and residential ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

The fortress also revealed a captivating burial site of a cow – a symbol of power, wealth and good fortune in ancient Egyptian culture. Nearby, archaeologists uncovered stone artifacts and a bronze ...