His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, dismissed claims made by ...

Akhenaton, an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, challenged traditions with his unique sun disc worship. He believed the soul's ...

Rick Riordan's YA fantasy series The Kane Chronicles deserves its own TV series following the success of Percy Jackson & the ...

A stunning oasis with warm balmy temperatures is off many travellers' radars, making it the perfect getaway for those ...

Scientists discovered naturally mummified cheetahs in Saudi desert caves. DNA analysis reveals links to modern populations, ...

Egypt seized 526 ancient Pharaonic artifacts from an individual in Minya Province, south of Cairo, in an illegal trafficking ...

Relief of Osiris from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Egypt’s first king Osiris sailed around the world spreading knowledge, exactly like the Feathered Serpent ...

Zahi Hawass says he hopes to discover the tomb of Nefertiti before he retires, and he believes he's getting close.

In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Our modern calendar is the Gregorian calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII, who reformed it in 1582 to correct some errors in ...

Cleopatra VII, the final ruler of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, was a Macedonian Greek descendant of Ptolemy I Soter, Alexander the ...