While Guinness World Records officially lists the Djoser Step pyramid in Egypt as the world’s oldest pyramid (around 2,630 BC), one paper published in October claimed a layer of the Gunung Padang ...

Researchers led by Tohoku University’s Motoyuki Sato used GPR—along with a method known as electrical resistivity tomography ...

Archaeologists in Poland discovered 5,500-year-old tombs dubbed “Polish pyramids.” The oversized graves feature earthen ...

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

Unlock the secrets of ancient Egyptian architecture and learn how the Great Pyramids have withstood time's test for millennia.

New evidence reveals that the Pyramids in Egypt were built by paid workers, not slaves, reshaping views on ancient Egyptian ...

For the first time, scientists decoded a complete genome from a 4,800-year-old Egyptian, revealing surprising Middle Eastern ancestry and fresh evidence of ancient migration between Egypt and ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

Researchers sequenced ancient Egyptian DNA from a 4,500-year-old skeleton, revealing genetic links between early Egypt and ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in Egypt has revealed fresh evidence about the workforce behind the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the world’s most iconic ancient ...

DNA of an ancient Egyptian man reveals Mesopotamian ancestry, and genetic study provides insight into cultural exchanges in antiquity.