Many of the 50,000 artifacts in the GEM were moved from the Egyptian Museum, a packed, century-old building in downtown Cairo ...

Long before municipal water treatment plants and chlorination, ancient societies faced the same essential challenge we ...

For the first time since the boy king's tomb was discovered in 1922 all the items will stored in one place, a museum director ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

The museum, which is set to officially open on Saturday, highlights Egypt's ancient civilization and is a centerpiece of the government’s drive to boost the tourist industry, a major source of foreign ...

Missouri State University archaeologists Daniel Pierce and Christopher Bodine are heading to Brazil to study ancient Amazonian geoglyphs that may reveal an unknown civilization.

New research uncovers how ancient tides shaped the rise of Sumer. A newly released study questions established beliefs about ...

Ancient Greeks encoded the secrets of their civilization in ways hidden in plain sight, shaping a legacy that endures through ...

Climate change is significantly affecting ancient cities in southern Iraq, wiping away thousands of years of history.