Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

For centuries, depictions of Cleopatra have emphasised her beauty and romantic entanglements – much more so than her ...

The 'rediscovery' of the ancient city of Imet, in Egypt's eastern Nile Delta, has been hailed a landmark historical find.

Egypt is a friendly place where people are genuinely happy to see you, especially if you’re a tall, blond American.

Ancient Egypt had many impressive pharaohs, but which of them were especially fearsome warriors? Here are just some who ...

Ctesibius was a pioneering inventor of ancient Greece whose work in pneumatics and hydraulics shaped technologies still in ...

Paper, invented in China around the 2nd century BCE, did not spread to the rest of the world until much later, as it remained ...

Blending archaeological artifacts, pop culture imagery, and paintings, an exhibition on Cleopatra explores how the Egyptian queen has been depicted and perceived through the centuries.

Jewish life thrives when it is distinct yet welcoming – a balance seen in Medieval Spain, the early Roman Empire, and Ptolemaic Alexandria. Remembering non-Jewish philanthropy offers a fuller, ...

The marble head dates to Egypt's Ptolemaic period (305 to 30 B.C.E.), but it was found in a seventh-century C.E. house. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities As a team of French ...

A remarkable archaeological discovery has been made at Taposiris Magna, a historic site located 45 kilometers west of Alexandria, Egypt.A French archaeological mission led by Dr. Joachim Le Bomin, in ...

The French archaeological mission from the University of Lyon and the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo discovered the head of a marble statue of an elderly man from the Ptolemaic era ...