Who knew that ancient Egypt was full of mysteries and weird facts that continue to puzzle people to this very day?

To celebrate the launch of the new home goods brand Anut, its founder hosted dinner and dancing at one of Egypt’s most ...

You walk past a bakery window and see it displayed like a trophy. A jar containing a century-old sourdough starter, fed daily ...

The lanterns — known as 'fanous' in Arabic — are set to come out along with the dates. But did you know why it has even ...

What do people eat for breakfast around the world? Croissants in France, fish in Japan, and yogurt in Greece are all on the menu.

If you have ever stood close to an ancient Egyptian mummy, you may remember a distinctive, lingering odor. For a long time, ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

This specific iconography of subjugation — a bound captive struck by a weapon — has deep roots in Egyptian state ideology. It parallels famous early dynastic scenes like those at Gebel Sheikh Suleiman ...

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...

After using the "Relative Erosion Method" to uncover how old the Great Pyramid of Giza is, Alberto Donini suggests it may date to 22916 B.C.E.