A new book by the artist Dorothy Cross tells the remarkable story of Cecil, UCC’s Egyptian mummy, and his return home ...

A king's tomb dating back around 3,600 years has been discovered at Abydos, Egypt. Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum is filled with archaeological treasures, here's our pick of some of the best historical marvels.

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Leg bones, perhaps from the mummy of the king ... on a canopic jar and an inscribed board. This queen’s recently discovered jewellery is now on display at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square. In its ...

By Simon Marks For two years, Hisham Salih Yagoub has fielded calls from frantic drivers across wartorn Sudan asking him to pay thousands of dollars to the genocidal paramilitary group that has torn ...

After it’s sorted in warehouses in Port Sudan, Yagoub’s gum arabic is sent to clients in Europe and the US. Gum arabic, a ...

AD: Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) becomes emperor of Rome. 1496: Birth of Mary Tudor, daughter of Henry VII.

A new study debunks the long-held mystery that an ancient Egyptian mummy, known as the "Mysterious Lady," was pregnant or had ...