Ziv Nitzan was on a hike with her family when a rock on the ground caught her eye. But when the 3-year-old girl picked up the small stone and cleaned it off, she realized it was no ordinary rock.

The Egyptian language evolved for thousands of years, but its final form—Coptic—continues to hold cultural and religious significance today. This video explores how Coptic developed from ...

Reading ancient literature in its original language will give you a deeper understanding of influential ancient texts, and basic insights into the structure of modern languages. Demonstrated ...

The ancient Egyptians invented one of the earliest known writing systems used from around 3000 BC. The symbols they used were called hieroglyphs, which comes from a Greek word meaning ...

The tomb of a mysterious ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been found at Mount Anubis Necropolis in Abydos, leaving experts ...

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...