Egyptian cotton has garnered a reputation as being a luxurious, high-end bedding material, and understandably so. The best Egyptian cotton sheets offer durability, year-round breathability and a soft, ...

A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested. Researchers at Newcastle University, and the Academy of Fine Arts, ...

“Keep moving” orders a voice deep from the abyss, as a length of people, as far as the eye can see, try to avoid bashing their heads on the ancient rocks above them, me included. Sweat dripping from ...

The temple complex of Karnak near the ancient city of Thebes is one of the largest religious structures ever built. Developed over thousands of years, the sprawling sanctuary was dedicated to the ...

1927 photograph of drill (left); recent photographs of artifact (right) BADARI, EGYPT—According to a statement released by Newcastle University, archaeologists have identified the earliest known metal ...

Among the inscriptions found in six rock-cut tombs, 20 are in Tamili and the remaining 10 are in Sanskrit and Prakrit, implying that people from several regions of the Indian subcontinent were ...

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In a BBC archive clip from 1936, the archaeologist Howard Carter describes the moment on 12 February 1924 when he and his team became the first people in 3,300 years to meet the Egyptian boy king.