A groundbreaking study suggests that the start of Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom may have occurred nearly a century later than ...

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

Because these objects are anchored to specific historical contexts, their ages provide a reliable snapshot of the period. The ...

A new book by Montasser Thabet takes readers on a journey through time to understand how the ancient Egyptians lived, .

Underwater archaeologists announced they had discovered the ancient wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast of Alexandria.

A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose's reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with vast implications for the region's history ...

Dozens of research articles from 1999–2024 mention early Babylonians using fingerprint biometrics, despite no evidence ...

A secret doorway inside an ancient Egyptian pyramid is believed to have been discovered by a scientist, over 4,500 years on from when it was originally built. The Pyramid of Menkaure, the smallest of ...

Ancient coffin wood turn out to be climate archives, revealing a long-forgotten wet period that helped power the rise of ...

A Europe-focused study published in the journal Science examined 87 ancient and modern cat genomes and found that the domestic cat, which has the scientific name Felis catus, originated in North ...

Radiocarbon dating is quietly rewriting one of humanity’s best known origin stories, shifting the rise of Egypt’s first ...

New data from radiocarbon dating is offering deeper insights into ancient Egypt and its relationship with the volcanic ...