In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.

A small metal object discovered more than a century ago is changing what scientists know about ancient Egyptian technology. Researchers from Newcastle University and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna ...

An international team of researchers has established that a small and long-forgotten copper alloy tool, excavated a century ...

Foreword / Gil J. Stein -- The early chronology of Egypt -- Introduction / Emily Teeter -- List of contributors -- Map of principal areas and sites -- Sequence dating and Predynastic chronology / Stan ...

The artifact comes from a Predynastic cemetery at Badari in Upper Egypt, specifically Grave 3932 (an adult male burial). It measures about 63 mm long and weighs roughly 1.5 grams, so small it was easy ...

Excavations at an ancient site in the Nile Delta have uncovered no less than 110 tombs dating from three different periods of ancient Egyptian history. The find includes 68 oval-shaped tombs from the ...

The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something eight-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, ...

A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously ...