After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BC, a gold rush swept the kingdom, during which nearly 40 mines were ...

For a unique roadside stop while driving through California, check out a quirky and detailed replica of an ancient Egyptian ...

The discovery of Tutankhamun’s undisturbed 3,000-year-old tomb and its treasures was a watershed moment in archaeology.

The significance of the blue lotus was confirmed in 1922 when Howard Carter found blue lotus petals covering the body of ...

Some of the oldest ancient temples continue to fulfil their original purpose after thousands of years, continuing their ...

The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...

Entrepreneur Krystal Hardy Allen gathered up six of her girlfriends, and a photographer, to celebrate her 40th birthday in a ...

Not only are the plants from ancient Egypt an entirely different species ... the goddess of love, beauty and fertility. "It's always depicted with the same petal shape," McEvoy said.

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Continuing our Art Deco Centenary series, we take a look at Paris's Le Louxor movie theatre, a trove of Egyptian revival in ...