Ancient Lost Worlds and Hidden History. On location videos made by author and adventurer Brien Foerster exploring Peru, ...

Yet, having stood for over 4,500 years, historians and archaeologists are continuing to uncover new details about the ...

Egyptologist Huub Pragt and Smithsonian Journeys traveler Kellie Mecham share first impressions from their visit to the museum just days after its long-awaited opening. Sarah Erdman A colossal statue ...

Teeth from an elderly man who lived around the time that the earliest pyramids were built have yielded the first full human genome sequence from ancient Egypt. The remains are 4,800 to 4,500 years old ...

(Reuters) -DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing evidence of the ties between two great cultures of the period, ...

“Our findings, combined with prior research, indicate that opium use was more than accidental or sporadic in ancient Egyptian ...

Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use ...