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

This discovery supports long-suspected ties between Egypt and Mesopotamia, once inferred only from trade goods and shared ...

Ancient Egypt is a period of time that elicits great fascination and, even today, secrets from that era are continuing to be uncovered. For the first time, scientists have now been able to sequence ...

The DNA sequencing of a man who lived a staggering 5,000 years ago has revealed the ancient Egyptian man had links to another ...

Archeologists have discovered ancient inscriptions and tombs which suggest who may be responsible for building Egypt's Great Pyramid. Many people believed that slavery was involved in building the ...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Council of Europe chief Alain Berset at press conference after signing tribunal agreement, Strasbourg, June 25, 2025 ...

Fresh research has cast doubt on long-held beliefs that Ireland's ancient Newgrange tomb was reserved exclusively for an ...

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Elephantine, a town at Egypt's southern frontier near modern-day Aswan, provides a unique window into the urban life of some ...

Even after 5,000 years in a sarcophagus, mummified bodies from ancient Egypt still smell quite nice, scientists have discovered. Researchers who examined nine mummies found that though there was ...

Ancient Egyptian breadcrumb found in museum store Stuart Robinson/Leeds Museums and Galleries The breadcrumb was found among a large collection of uncatalogued slides Grace Wood ...