Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

More than 4,000 years ago, Egypt and Mesopotamia stood as two of the most complex societies on the planet. But the new DNA ...

DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at ...

The world’s best tennis players have very much arrived at Wimbledon, with the Championships getting under way under glorious ...

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a large medieval cathedral in the subterranean citadel of Old Dongola, once the ...

The discovery was made as restorers attempted to rebuild the tomb of Karabaskin, a 25th Dynasty mayor of Thebes and fourth priest of Amun, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and ...

The discovery was made as restorers attempted to reconstruct the tomb of Karabaskin, a 25th Dynasty mayor of Thebes and fourth priest of Amun, according to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and ...

Archaeologists confronted by a false door at an excavation site were stunned to find that it led to the tomb of Egyptian royalty. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the ...