New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of ...

Ancient Egyptians traded with people in what is today coastal Eritrea to bring baboons to their temples, according to a new study of baboon mummy DNA. Though Punt was mentioned in ancient Egyptian ...

The pyramids in and around Giza have presented a fascinating puzzle for millennia. How did ancient Egyptians move limestone blocks, some weighing more than a ton, without using wheels? Why were these ...

A 40-mile stretch of a long-gone branch of the Nile may explain why the ancient monuments were built where they were. Children ride a donkey near the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt. Built ...