When modern engineers prise open a block of Egyptian stone, what spills out is not a sci‑fi gadget but something stranger: ...

Deep underground at the Serapeum of Saqqara sit massive single piece granite boxes, some weighing up to 100 tons. Their surfaces are polished to a mirror finish that still reflects light today, even ...

A study has shown evidence that Egypt's first pyramid, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, may have been built using hydraulic power, with signs of water facilities.

For Isabel Esterman, impact in her journalism doesn’t come from a single ground-breaking story, but from several years of sustained reporting that gradually reshape global understanding. “What I think ...

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The ancient Egyptians and modern Egyptians alike sometimes name their newborns after festivals or even the day they were born ...

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Tens of thousands of Palestinians await the reopening of the Rafah crossing into Gaza so they can reunite with family.

Zahi Hawass recounts his rise in the new documentary The Man With the Hat, gracefully sidestepping the controversies that ...

Mathematical quirks of our universe have led some cosmologists to wonder whether the cosmos was actually born in a black hole. Parallels in the physics of the universe and that of black holes have led ...

The NBA’s beloved studio crew is still on TV—it’s just shifting gears. ESPN will be licensed Inside the NBA from TNT in a groundbreaking agreement, and fans will be able to see Shaquille O’Neal, ...

Everyone wants to be considered beautiful in some way. Maybe the dream of being a classic beauty, the type that appears in the pages of a magazine. Others want to be known for having a beautiful soul.