This specific iconography of subjugation — a bound captive struck by a weapon — has deep roots in Egyptian state ideology. It ...

Synchrotron radiation has revealed a star map made by the ancient astronomer Hipparchus that was thought to be lost to time ...

For most of history, magic was not practiced by ordinary people but guarded by elite scribes who believed writing itself held supernatural power. Ancient grimoires were treated as living objects ...

Egyptian authorities arrested and briefly detained poet Ahmed Douma over social media posts, continuing a pattern of investigations, travel bans, and punitive bail aimed at silencing critical ...

An ancient inscription found in Sinai shows how Egypt claimed power beyond the Nile more than 5,000 years ago.

A set of ancient clay cylinders discovered in Syria may hold the earliest known example of alphabetic writing, predating ...

The Egyptian Humanitarian Aid Committee and the AFP criticize the latest deadly attack on a vehicle belonging to a ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 3,600-year-old royal tomb at Abydos that may belong to a forgotten pharaoh from a debated Egyptian dynasty.

An Egyptologist deciphers secret messages hidden for 3,000 years in the Luxor obelisk that millions see every day.

Indus, Rongorongo, Linear A: Some ancient writing systems cannot be deciphered. Can artificial intelligence help crack the codes of the past? Do you enjoy solving puzzles? What would you do if given a ...

More than two centuries after it unlocked the language of the ancient Egyptians, the Rosetta Stone remains at the centre of an unresolved global debate, as renewed calls grow louder for its ...