Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a large medieval cathedral in the subterranean citadel of Old Dongola, once the ...

Elephantine, a town at Egypt's southern frontier near modern-day Aswan, provides a unique window into the urban life of some ...

According to a Colombia One report, Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced that British archaeologists from the University of Manchester made a slew of new discoveries in the Nile’s ...

We found an affordable way to visit Egypt's bucket-list wonders and came home with memories that will last forever.

Ancient Egyptian artisans developed precise, repeatable recipes to create four distinct shades of Egyptian blue, the world’s first synthetic pigment, long before the science of chemistry existed. The ...

The pigment “Egyptian Blue” was invented about 5,000 years ago. It’s the world’s oldest known synthetic pigment. But it was lost to time, until recently. Scientists at Washington State ...

In the previous article, we discussed the results of CT scans performed on the mummy known as the "Younger Lady," discovered by Victor Loret in the cache of mummies within King Amenhotep II's tomb in ...

How did this royal tomb become an ancient wonder? Size and style. Built in the 4th century B.C., the lavish—and massive—Mausoleum at Halicarnassus awed onlookers for more than 1,600 years.

The last theory suggests that the ancient Greek word for the pyramids derives from the word for fire, which is ‘pyr’ in Greek. Ancient Historian Ammianus Marcellinus states, “Some derive the word ...

“The work is meant to highlight how modern science reveals hidden stories in ancient Egyptian objects.” Egyptian Blue: A Formula Missing for 5,000 Years. Ancient Egyptians used Egyptian blue in wood ...

Researchers have recreated the world's oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used in ancient Egypt about 5,000 years ago.