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Through hard work in the field and in laboratories, Chinese archaeologists have significantly labeled human history by ...

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Does the Biblical story of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt appear in Greek mythology? This article examines some possibilities.

One of the greatest Ancient Egyptian finds is the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb in 1922, which was left untouched ...

Underwater archaeologists have stumbled across the remains of a pleasure barge dating from the first half of the 1st century AD in the harbor of Alexandria.

Long before satellites and sonar, entire cities vanished beneath water—some swallowed by earthquakes, others ...

The transformation of the Roman Empire into what modern historians call Byzantium was not a single event but a gradual ...

Divers have unearthed the largest cog shipwreck ever discovered in a strait off Denmark, signalling a period of economic development in medieval Europe.

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Relief of Osiris from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Egypt’s first king Osiris sailed around the world spreading knowledge, exactly like the Feathered Serpent ...

As winter settles across much of the world, Egypt stands apart for its light, warmth, and extraordinary cultural depth ...