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.

The world's oldest known dress is a simple V-necked garment that was overlooked as rags for decades.

Discovery of three ancient Egyptian tombs uncover secrets no one could have imagined A significant discovery by Egyptian archaeologists on Luxor's West Bank have provided an insight into elite ...

Read latest scientific findings on ancient DNA, including research on DNA preserved from early life forms and early humans.

A British-Egyptian archaeological mission from Cambridge University has discovered a gypsum head from a statue of King Akhenaten (around 1300 BC) during excavation work in Tel El-Amarna in Egypt ...

This head-and-neck left profile view features a close-fitting headdress with an ear flap; and a collar, perhaps fabricated of metal, displaying the numerals 1, 9, 3, and 7, separated by vertical lines ...

JAKARTA: A resident of Landungsari Village in Malang Regency, East Java, has discovered a brick structure believed to be the remains of an ancient temple, possibly dating back to the 10th-century ...

Thetford's Ancient House Museum said the former King's Head pub in White Hart Street was deterring visitors, who mistakenly thought both venues were shut.

Vast ancient city may be buried beneath the Pyramids of Giza Archaeologists are stunned after discovering what they believe could be an ancient city under the pyramids of Giza.

Egypt’s justice minister accepted on Sunday a resignation submitted by the head of the country’s forensic medicine authority and appointed an interim head to carry out the daily duties.