A suitcase used by the explorer who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt has been discovered in Bishop Auckland.

Fidel Castro was sworn in as Cuba’s youngest premier, six weeks after dictator Fulgencio Batista stepped down and fled into ...

The battered and sand-scraped 1920s leather case has the distinctive initials of Howard Carter on its lid. When he finished in the desert in 1939, he gave it to a lad from Bishop who had become an ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a long-lost pyramid buried beneath the sands of Dahshur, an ancient royal necropolis. The discovery, made during excavation work near some of Egypt’s oldest ...

Study shows mummification process left preserved remains smelling sweet and woody In a nutshell Ancient Egyptian mummies emit ...

Feb. 12, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Follow archaeologists as they discover a long-lost ancient cemetery in Egypt’s sacred ...

Museum officials said the bread is “believed to be up to 3,000 years old.” It’s unclear who collected the sample, when they ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient tombs with artifacts in Israel's Negev Desert revealing trade connections with distant civilizations.

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient tombs and artifacts near Tlalim Junction, Israel, revealing trade connections between the region and distant civilizations, including Yemen, Phoenicia, and Egypt.

Numerous previous studies have analyzed the composition of pastes and mortars used in ancient Egyptian construction. Some of ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have just opened a sealed pyramid for the first time in 4,000 years—but what they found inside wasn’t ...