Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise ... With the spread of Greek culture and the establishment of new cities in conquered territories, the population likely increased. Alexandria, ...

Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty Images Ancient Egypt was primarily ruled by men, with only a handful of women successfully coming to power. One of them was Hatshepsut, the sixth pharaoh of the 18th ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

Of all the examples of pyramids in Egypt, the most famous is certainly the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one still surviving, and for ...

The tomb was found in the southern part of Saqqara, Egypt, belonging to Teti Neb Fu ... Although there is evidence of ancient looting on burial grounds from that time period, Fu’s tomb remains ...

"These findings provide new insights into the religious practices and funerary traditions of the Ptolemaic era in Al-Bahnasa," Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of ...

a woman who ruled Egypt as a pharaoh. The team found the temple's "foundation deposit" — objects that the ancient builders buried when they began construction of the temple. The artifacts found ...

Inscriptions on his tomb suggest that Teti Neb Fu was famous in ancient Egypt and had a number of titles. These include "chief doctor of the palace" as well as "priest and magician" of the goddess ...

"It has been a big wake-up call, and this is the reason why the government recently announced a big emergency package," said Ahmed Mortada, head of energy in Egypt for multilateral lender the ...

For many years, Egypt and Syria shared Soviet patronage, briefly formed a short-lived, failed union (the United Arab Republic), and fought monumental battles against their mutual Israeli adversary.