The burial chamber discovered in January at Abydos, an important city in ancient Egypt located about 10 km (6 miles) from the Nile River, was bare – apparently long ago plundered by grave robbers. The ...

The Nile flooded between June and August each year, and the fertile soil it created was vital to ancient Egypt's survival, with fertility playing an important role in Egyptian religion. The burial ...

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 ...

A community in northern Vietnam got to test their archaeological skills when a fish pond construction project turned into an excavation following the discovery of buried ancient boats. Members of ...

A site of historical importance The boats were found near the Dau River, a tributary of the Thien Duc (Duong) River, which flows past the western walls of Luy Lau Citadel. This location is just one ...

Scientists gather for a new series attempting to explain the dis-appearance of ancient civilisations. This first investigates the abrupt end of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, 4,200 years ago.