Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains, geneticists are figuring out who once lived there. The Takarkori rock shelter — situated in southwestern Libya’s Tadrart Acacus ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

We’re way ahead of anyone in Britain. Ancient Egyptian: What have you got in this linen sack thing anyway? Oh, a calendar! Now that is useful. It’s similar to our own solar calendar which has ...

This breakthrough has uncovered ancient human settlements, including a 5,000-year-old civilisation in the UAE's Saruq Al-Hadid region. Dubai Culture has approved excavations, potentially leading ...

"However, the hieroglyphic texts were damaged by ancient tomb robbers and not enough survives to read the king's name." The grave robbers sacked the tomb, and didn't leave any remains of the king ...

The trail’s 215 miles connect ancient road networks with modern hiking paths, tracing rivers, twisting up gorges and traversing the ruins of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine cities. Map ...