A team of archaeologists has made a groundbreaking discovery in Israel, uncovering the remains of four donkeys that were ...

Ancient Canaanite donkey sacrifice discovered in Israel sheds light on early trade with Egypt and cultural customs of the ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

Naukrtis, a Greek trade city in Egypt's Nile Delta region, has long fascinated archaeologists and historians. Now, archaeologists have found that instead of settling in Naukrtis of their own free ...

The pottery wheel from Mesopotamia first appeared in Egypt at about the time the man lived, a period when the earliest ...

Baboons illuminate an ancient network of trade. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Mummified baboons may reveal the location ...

The mummy trade was a huge business, especially in the centuries before and after Egypt was taken over by the Romans, said Edward Bleiberg, curator of Egyptian, classical and ancient Near Eastern ...