In this History Channel documentary, you'll learn how the ancient Egyptians harnessed the power of engineering to build an empire. The video is about 1.5 hours long.

In fact, it was such a significant civilization that people who study ancient Egyptian history have a special name: Egyptologists. Keep reading to learn all about why ancient Egypt was so influential.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo provided by Qiong Wu in March 2025 shows an ancient wasp, preserved in amber from Myanmar, whose ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, and Greece’s President Constantine Tassoulas ...

The equestrian culture, dubbed Yamnaya after the pits (yama in Ukrainian and Russian) in which they buried their dead beneath mounds called kurgans, is seen as a shared ancestor to various ancient ...

revealing ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian graves and artifacts from multiple historical periods. Among the artifacts was a gold ring, inscribed with the cartouche of Ramses III. The discovery ...

Louise Humphrey, a research leader at the Natural History Museum’s Centre for Human ... ancestry can be traced to a previously unknown ancient North African genetic lineage,” Humphrey said.

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The 25th Dynasty, introduced their own pyramids, showcasing their cultural and political connection to ancient Egypt. The construction of Nubian pyramids commenced at El Kurru in 751 BC, initially ...