One ancient Egyptian medical text ... The team is now using that viral DNA map to explore how Y. pestis evolved and varied between its time in ancient Egypt, the Middle Ages and the modern ...

Archaeologists excavating the region in Egypt where King Tutankhamun was ... findings could lead to a far more in-depth look at ancient Egyptian symbols, layouts, rituals, and practices in their ...

Thanks to recent analysis, however, researchers believe they have confirmed the first known plague case outside Eurasia: a 3,290-year-old, ancient Egyptian ... Eastern Roman Empire’s Plague ...

During this dynasty, Egypt was ruled by Ptolemy I Soter I, a general of Alexander the Great who took over part of the empire ... an ancient percussion instrument, is thus part of "the long ...

An artefact gives us a little window into another timeand this one helps us travel back nearly 5000 years to the Old Kingdom in Ancient Egypt. The Ancient Egyptians built pyramids as giant burial ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...

An archaeological detective story opens a door into an extraordinary moment in the history of Ancient Egypt, as the discovery ... power in the ancient Egyptian empire. (Premiering February 12 ...

As a result, we now know what the populations of ancient ... Egyptian rulers settled populations onto the Israeli/Palestinian coastal plain following Egypt’s quasi break away from the Ottoman ...

By Islam Salah The Middle East is home to some of the most remarkable architectural achievements in history. From the ...

Map of the Saqqara plateau showing the watercourse from the Gisr el-Mudir dam to the water treatment facility near Djoser pyramid. The water is then transferred to the pyramid’s network of pipes ...