The poor ate mostly birds such as geese ... Another distinctive trait of rich people in ancient Egypt was the use of wigs, made with sheep or real human hair, and worn at parties and in domestic ...

Even the best-off ancient Egyptians suffered from malnutrition and preventable disease, a new analysis of mummies and skeletons finds. The bodies come from the Qubbet el-Hawa necropolis ...

Make no mistake — Egypt is a place where ‘the rich are few and have much, the poor are many and have little.’ Forty percent of the population lives in abject poverty, subsisting on less than ...

For a long time, archaeologists have thought that ancient Egyptian pyramids were reserved for the rich and elite ... show that this was not the case. Poor physical laborers could have been ...

Life as a scribe in Ancient Egypt took its toll on the body ... of gravity of the head and putting stress on the spine,” the researchers write. This poor posture likely led to arthritis in the spine ...

Apparently, scribes in ancient Egypt suffered from their own distinctive repetitive stress injuries, according to a new paper published in the journal Scientific Reports that provides fresh ...

Statues from Abusir, Egypt depict the scribe Nefer and his wife. New research suggests that ancient Egyptian scribes suffered from the effects of long periods sitting cross-legged—as well as ...