Let’s hear it for ambitious kids! A 12-year-old boy named Hussein was desperate to get a job on Englishman Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. It was 1922 and Carter was ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C.

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

US Exhibition Teaches Kids about Ancient Egypt, with a Pager as Guide. Published July 20th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT. Al Bawaba.

This winter children can get a glimpse into the ancient past while surrounded by real artefacts at NGV’s new children’s exhibition, Ancient Egypt for Kids. This interactive exhibit for young people ...

Ancient DNA has revealed links between the cultures of Egypt and Mesopotamia. Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

Around 30 dynasties ruled over ancient Egypt, and the first pharaoh of the first dynasty might have been a ruler named Menes. Cleopatra is considered the last pharaoh . She died in 30 B.C.

For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the table ...