The ancient Egyptians believed that gold tongues could help the deceased speak in the afterlife. A bronze sword inscribed with the name of pharaoh Ramesses II (ruled circa 1279 to 1213 B.C.) was ...

"The scarab is indeed a distinct Egyptian characteristic, but their wide distribution also reached far beyond Egypt’s borders ... had found a piece of ancient Roman jewelry.

It was discovered at the upper part of a tomb dating back over 3,000 years to the Twentieth Dynasty of the New Kingdom period ...

Ancient Egyptians commonly buried a cache of items just before they began construction of an important structure; these object burials are now called foundation deposits. In addition, the team ...

This massive facility contains more than 100,000 artifacts from ancient Egypt, including sarcophagi, jewelry and pottery ... it costs an additional 100 Egyptian pounds (or $11) to enter, the ...

but the ancient Egyptians went one step further: They looked to felines as symbols of divinity. To honor this history, the Shanghai Museum in China has been hosting “Meowseum Nights,” during ...