The centenary of a historic archaeological moment is being marked in Dorchester.

In the Nile Delta lies Tanis—a royal necropolis where untapped tombs revealed gold masks, silver coffins and jewellery that match if not exceed the treasures of Tutankhamun.

From secret tunnels of lizard people to a cursed statue, Andrea Cavallier takes a look at the most bizarre conspiracy ...

Residue from an ancient Egyptian vessel contains opium biomarkers. The finding suggests widespread usage across society.

The Shirelles, an all-black girl group out of New Jersey, had just cracked the Top 40 in September 1960 and needed a follow-up hit. Don Kirshner, impresario of a songwriting factory in Manhattan's ...

Tell el-Amarna is the Arabic name of the place where, in 1430 BCE, Pharaoh Akhenaten built a city that was to become the ...