The first study granted access to artifacts in British museums for radiocarbon dating has examined the transition between the Second Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. One of ...

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Fujimori resigns and flees Peru; Spanish dictator Franco dies; US troops reach Yalu River in Korean War; Tutankhamen mummy is ...

A little over 200 years ago, the Greeks began their war of independence from the Ottoman Empire, which had conquered most of ...

Powerful empires throughout history have risen by mastering warfare, governance, trade, and culture, leaving legacies that ...

Hidden deep within the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest on Kenya’s coast near Malindi, the ancient city of Gedi stands as one of East Africa’s most intriguing archaeological sites. Sheltered beneath a dense ...

We've rounded up and ranked the most powerful and influential empires in history, from the globe-spanning dominions of ...

New find of 225 ushabti statues in Egypt may identify Pharaoh Sheshonq III’s sarcophagus and rewrite Third Intermediate ...

French and Egyptian archaeologists exploring ancient Egypt's Tanis necropolis found a puzzling body in the tomb of a king.

A pair of mosque lamps from the Mamluk Dynasty that ruled Egypt and surrounding regions between the mid-13th and early 16th ...

The pyramid of the Old Kingdom pharaoh Neferirkare is the tallest in the necropolis of Abusir, where most of the kings of Egypt’s 5th Dynasty were buried. Next to Neferirkare’s monument are the ...

Los Angeles won its third World Series in six years with some of the sport’s biggest stars and unlikely heroes—and, perhaps, benefited from some divine intervention. TORONTO — Dodgers infielder Miguel ...