'Surrounded by an ocean of sand': Desertification pushes ancient city to the brink of oblivion
Chinguetti, Mauritania is home to some of West Africa’s oldest Quranic texts and manuscripts. It could soon be swallowed by the sand.
I went on a Nile River cruise — here’s what I wish I’d known beforehand
The Al Horeya is a new offering from TUI River Cruises. Sailing for the first time in November, it’s designed for Brits who ...
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Did the Spartans Throw Their Babies Off the Cliff?
Some sources claim that the Spartans threw their babies off a cliff if they were born with a deformity. Did this ever ...
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Egypt unveils first ancient royal tomb since the blockbuster discovery of King Tutankhamun
Egypt's antiquities authority says it has found the ancient tomb of King Thutmose II, the first royal burial to be located ...
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First Ancient Egyptian Royal Tomb Discovered Since Tutankhamun’s 100 Years Ago
The tomb of King Thutmose II has finally been discovered in Egypt, more than a hundred years after the Pharaoh’s mummified ...
History-making tomb and first-of-its kind fortune-telling spoon: See recent discoveries
In a Polish forest, metal detectorists discovered a Roman spatha sword, dating back over 1,700 years, near Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. The sword, broken in two, might have been used by Vandal warriors ...
From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...
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The Ancient Egyptian Treasures of a German Sailor Who May Not Have Existed
For years, major artifacts sold to collectors and museums have been attributed to a Bremen-born naval officer who apparently bought them in the early 20th century and passed them to his heirs. But the ...
Archaeologists Find a Pharaoh’s Tomb, the First Since King Tut’s, Egypt Says
The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his ...
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'Fearsome' predator was once king of the ancient Egyptian forests, then mysteriously vanished
A rare, nearly complete skull unearthed in the Egyptian desert has led to the identification of a new species of apex ...
Missing tomb of ancient Egyptian king discovered, the first in more than 100 years
The missing tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II has been unearthed. It is the first royal tomb discovery in over 100 ...
Archaeologists uncover tomb of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh
An Egyptian-British team has found the tomb of an ancient pharaoh near the Valley of the Kings. This discovery marks the ...