Herodotus and Diodorus Siculus. They describe the steps of mummification such as using a hook to remove the brain through the nose. They also tell us the heart was left in the body because it was ...

Claims that researchers discovered previously unknown structures beneath the Pyramid of Khafre — the pyramid situated in the ...

They are so iconic, so astonishingly ancient, that it is hard ... ruled during a period of relative peace in Egypt, although the Greek historian Herodotus later depicted him and his son as cruel ...

Near the start of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, there was a massive but largely forgotten battle between the Greeks and the Babylonians.

A recent study suggests that ancient Egyptians worshipped and even sacrificed ... According to Greek historian Herodotus, crocodiles were lured to Nile banks using the sound of beating pigs ...