However, careful reexaminations indicate the “little awl” is far more significant than originally believed—so much so that it ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic ...

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.

A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested. Researchers at Newcastle University, and the Academy of Fine Arts, ...

Serena Love does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The papyrus, known as Anastasi I, or “The Satirical Letter,” is believed by most to take the form of a somewhat mocking letter written between two army scribes.

Journey south to Aswan and experience the lifeblood of Egypt as it was meant to be seen. Glide along the smooth waters on a ...

Explore Abu Rawash in Egypt, one of the most mysterious and least-known ancient pyramids on the Giza Plateau. Discover ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri. THE PROTECTIVE ...

Designers are giving museum worthy pieces a new life. By Jill Newman Rebecca Rau was skimming an auction house’s catalog last year when a bronze amulet from the ancient Central Asian region of Bactria ...

Malta is one of the Mediterranean’s most remote islands. The nearest land is Sicily, about 85 kilometres north. Today, with ferries and planes, getting there is light work, but in the distant past, ...