But she says the earring holes are a dead giveaway. Ancient Egyptian culture was built around religious symbology. This was to clearly broadcast an individual’s status and rank. And 3000 years ...

Their findings paint a more comprehensive picture of ancient Egyptian life Julia Binswanger Daily Correspondent The decorative coffin of Lady Chenet-aa, a high-status woman who died some 3,000 ...

An archaeological team’s excavation of an ancient city has uncovered “surprising” revelations about an early Christian church in Egypt, specifically, the discovery of 17 human remains and the story ...

CAIRO, Nov 10 — Twenty years after burying him, Egyptian architect Ahmed el-Meligui was forced to exhume his grandfather’s remains from a historic Cairo cemetery that is being partially razed to ...

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Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient ...

DNA testing of 14 individuals buried in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii has shown their sex and ethnic background is different to what earlier archaeologists assumed. Nuclear and mitochondrial ...

Whereas ancient Egyptian funeral practices tended to be lavish and grandiose, early Christian burials favored simplicity. The bodies in the church were wrapped in linens, and only two were inside ...

Two sisters are caught in an eternal embrace. The poignant figures, frozen in time, humanize an ancient natural disaster. But a provocative new study published Thursday in Current Biology reveals ...

On Oct. 2, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, announced on Facebook that the tomb of the daughter of the ancient governor of the Assiut Region had been discovered in a cemetery on ...