Sometimes, when you see dusty artifacts in a museum or crumbling ruins in the streets, it’s easy to forget that these things were once new. Ancient Greek statues were complete and gaudily ...

A joint team of researchers from Egypt and Germany have announced their first successes restoring color to the ancient Temple of Edfu.

Archaeologists discovered ancient docks and artifacts from a submerged 2,000-year-old city believed to be an extension of ...

See an Ancient Egyptian Temple’s Brilliant Colors, Newly Revealed Beneath Layers of Dust and Soot Experts are carefully uncovering traces of the original paint and fragments of gold leaf that ...

Few plants are more celebrated in Egyptian mythology than the blue lotus, a stunning water lily that stars in some of archaeology's most significant discoveries. Researchers found its petals ...

Researchers have found a distinct absence of mentions of blue in ancient texts, but does that mean the color didn't exist?

Are hieroglyphs really as indecipherable as they look? Here is a primer on how to start interpreting these ancient motifs.

Archaeologists in Egypt have found the tomb of King Thutmose II — the first discovery of an ancient royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's in 1922.

Go back in time to ancient Egypt. Thousands of years, in fact. Their influence on modern life can be seen in our language, art, engineering, and more. Gain a new appreciation for ancient Egyptian ...

Fathi's image captures a swarm of bright Perseid meteors streaking across the dense dust lanes and glowing heart of the Milky ...