I wrote this book as a personal grouch,“ said historian and author William Dalrymple to a rapt audience as he introduced his ...

The Rosetta Stone is a slab of ancient stone that bears identical text inscribed in three different writing systems: ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

Early Egyptians (prior to about 3100 B.C.) and other ... well out of sync with the seasons due to the 11-day lag. Other ancient calendars, dating to the Sumerians 5,000 years ago, simply divided ...

The Mummy frightened audiences with nightmares about the world of Ancient Egypt, but a forgotten 2000s horror series helped ...

With a King Tut coffin and hieroglyphic mural designs, Black Earth Magical Cafe is like being inside a pharaoh’s home — or ...

"Both cultures placed deep emphasis on unity, spirituality, and the afterlife," Xue notes. "Egyptians imagined a glorious ...

Ancient Egypt is known for a great many things — pyramids, mummies, colorful gods and magic. But one of the least known of ...

Contrary to what is sometimes claimed, the ancient Egyptians did have a flood myth that is clearly analogous to those seen in ...

It’s nearing the end of my 11-day Egypt experience, and there’s always something new to see. It’s easy to sit on the deck of the sleek Viking river ship—one of six in the cruise line’s Nile fleet—and ...

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