Archaeologists have uncovered a massive submerged port near Taposiris Magna, Egypt, that may be linked to the elusive tomb of Cleopatra VII. The find aligns with a tunnel discovered in 2022 and ...

Cleopatra VII, the last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, remains one of history’s most studied and debated figures. While much is known about her political alliances and dramatic death, ...

In February 2019, a Manhattan prosecutor seized a golden mummy coffin from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, concluding that it ...

When he was asked whether he also wanted to see the tomb of the Ptolemies, Octavian replied: ‘I came to see a king, not ...

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

A Roman‑era tomb in Egypt’s Minya Governorate has yielded bizarrely ordained mummies, rare papyri, and artifacts that illuminate Greco‑Roman burial practices. Archaeologists found Roman-era mummies ...

For all the headlines about extravagant tombs and golden coffins, there’s a surprising number of iconic names whose final ...

The excavation centers around the Kasta Tomb in Amphipolis, the ruins of an ancient Macedonian city in northern Greece, about ...

Authorities from Egypt’s Luxor Museum revealed a never-before-seen plaster wall from King Tutankhamun’s tomb, […] ...

Deep within Egypt's Minya Governorate, archaeologists have unearthed a bizarre discovery at the historic Al-Bahnasa site. Archaeologists have found a Roman-era tomb, in which are interred mummies with ...

The excerpt from Homer's epic poem features his catalog of ships, a famous passage listing the Greek forces that sailed to Troy. It may be the first Greek literary text found in the context of mummifi ...