(British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan/PD) Archimedes of Syracuse also had a good stab at the problem. Using polygons much as the Babylonians had, multiplying out the sides ...

Archaeologists discovered the tomb of an unknown pharaoh from a tumultuous, war-ridden era of ancient Egypt. Now they're ...

A massive tomb more than 3,600 years old has been unearthed within a royal necropolis in Egypt. The wealthy king that the ...

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been just for the rich, according to burials found at the archaeological site of Tombos in Sudan. "Our findings suggest that pyramid tombs ...

Archaeologists have discovered a mysterious new king of ancient Egypt, buried in a network of ... of Pennsylvania and curates the Penn Museum's Egyptian section. "It gives birth to the new kingdom ...

“It’s a new chapter in investigating this dynasty,” Josef Wegner, a curator at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia ... It helped illuminate an era when ancient Egypt was fragmented between ...

This museum holds priceless statues, artefacts, and collection pieces representing important eras of Sudan’s ancient history and historic kingdoms. The museum appeared as if struck by an ...

Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists ... other rooms capped by 16-foot-high mudbrick vaults. "One of Upper Egypt’s most ancient cities, Abydos is located about six miles from the Nile ...

A cultural powerhouse or a celebration of stolen artifacts from colonial times? The British Museum is a fascinating window into global culture—despite the problematic origins of many exhibits.