For ancient Egyptians, owning a menagerie of exotic animals conveyed power and wealth. But the remains of baboons, hippos, and other elite pets buried more than 5,000 years ago in a graveyard near the ...

Ancient sheep buried in an elite grave in Egypt show the oldest evidence of humans deliberately deforming the horns of livestock. Exactly why it was done remains a mystery. In the 5,700-year-old dig ...

Hierakonpolis, Hampi, Cliff Palace, Delos, and the Plain of Jars highlight early capitals, sacred monuments, and burial traditions from ancient civilizations. Donald Trump suffers double legal blow ...

A small ivory statuette previously found in a different tomb in Hierakonpolis. The Daily Mail has photos of objects found at the new site. Heritage Images/Corbis Near the Egyptian city of Edfu, in the ...

Hierakonpolis sits quite far down along the River Nile in Egypt, closer to Sudan than to Cairo, the capital. But it is Hierakonpolis that was once the religious and political capital of Upper Egypt at ...

A recently discovered tomb at a key Egyptian settlement has yielded the largest trove of artifacts ever found in a tomb there—including a young man's burned and scattered bones—and is shedding new ...

Some 5,600 years ago, people in the Egyptian city of Hierakonpolis did something that’s still a very popular activity today: they brewed and drank beer. We know this because archaeologists examining ...

Archaeologists have uncovered strangely deformed sheep skulls at an ancient Egyptian burial site, representing the oldest known example of humans modifying livestock horns. Researchers also found the ...

Ancient Egyptian elites drank thick porridge-like beer around 5,800 years ago, a new study suggests. Researchers analysed fragments of pottery found at Hierakonpolis, an ancient city and current ...

From the country's enormous riches to its complex religious rituals, there is an enduring fascination with Ancient Egypt. But now a 5,600-year-old tomb has been discovered that could shed light on a ...