Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jewelry of the kandake Amanishakheto from a pyramid at Meroe. Einsamer Schütze/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Jada Pinkett Smith's ...

However, he also carried out detailed studies of the ancient Nubian cemeteries due to be flooded by the heightening of the Aswan Low Dam between 1907–1912. The dig—carried out in four seasons between ...

People around the world have been adorning their bodies with tattoos for thousands of years. While one of the most famous ancient tattoo wearers is Otzi the Iceman—the prehistoric man whose 5,300-year ...

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI—Facial tattoos have been found on the mummified remains of children who lived in Nubia some 1,400 years ago, when Christianity was introduced in the region, Live Science reports.

Along the Nile, in what is now Sudan, archaeologists have uncovered evidence that children (some barely past infancy) were tattooed more than 1,400 years ago. Surprisingly, this breakthrough came from ...

The ancient pyramids of Meroe have been standing for some two thousand years, built by the rulers of the ancient Kushite kingdoms in the Nubian region of present-day northern Sudan. The over 200 ...

An exhibit presented by the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and the Oak Woods Cemetery Association, February 1-28, 1987. Written by Bruce Williams. siris_sil_369779 ...

CAIRO — Far from Egypt’s busy capital, minority communities are struggling to preserve and protect their unique culture and languages from extinction. With a population of over 118 million, Egypt is ...