In the sweltering summer of AD18, a desperate chant echoed across China's sun-scorched plains: "Heaven has gone blind!" ...

Doors seen on TV include an unassuming one in North Gower Street, which becomes 221B Baker Street in Sherlock, starring ...

Researchers at EPFL have made a breakthrough by storing and manipulating digital data using charge-free spin waves, moving ...

But what is the Eye of Horus and what did it mean to the ancient Egyptians? According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to ...

The tomb's giant false door. The ancient Egyptians believed that the spirit of the deceased could go in and out through it. . | Credit: Courtesy of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

A groundbreaking study suggests the ancient Egyptians may have used hydraulic power before we could have imagined this skill. They did not utilize just ramps and manpower, to build the Step ...

A dig at a coastal village in Israel has turned up remains of a large facility that once produced Tyrian purple on an ...

Ancient Egyptians, famous for their elaborate beauty ... an enzyme involved in melanin production. This helps explain why it was particularly valued for creating even skin tone and reducing ...

Aerial view of Tel Shiqmona, an ancient ... where dye production was not just a cottage industry but a veritable business operation. Its products were sold far and wide during the Iron Age ...

The tomb of Prince Waserif Re, son of King Userkaf who founded ancient Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty and reigned ... reused nearly 2,000 years after Waserif Re’s interment. The joint Egyptian mission was ...