Who knew that ancient Egypt was full of mysteries and weird facts that continue to puzzle people to this very day?

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

The headline takeaway is scale and sensitivity: the team reported identifying 81 distinct VOCs. Those compounds clustered into four main ingredient groups linked to ancient embalming practice - fats ...

Go back in time to ancient Egypt. Thousands of years, in fact. Their influence on modern life can be seen in our language, art, engineering, and more. Gain a new appreciation for ancient Egyptian ...

Researchers have sequenced the first whole ancient Egyptian genome from an individual who lived 4,500 to 4,800 years ago – the oldest DNA sample from Egypt to date. 80% of his ancestry was related to ...

Ancient Egyptian culture has drawn the attention of humans throughout the centuries. But some of the most repeated facts about ancient Egypt don't have scientific backing, experts said. Here are nine ...

What did ancient Egypt really smell like? Not just how it looked or sounded, but how it felt to stand near a royal burial.

As a German radiation oncologist who grew up in Egypt and had been working at a university hospital in Germany for 12 years, I decided to stay in my homeland with my family for a year to get closer to ...