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

An intact tomb dating back 3,300 years has been discovered on a beach in Israel, containing more than 140 offerings related ...

Scientists have detected traces of plant toxins on Stone Age arrowheads that were used by hunter-gatherers in South Africa ...

On Jan. 3, 1924, two years after rediscovering the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Egypt, Howard Carter and his workers found ...

Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. Scientists even think King Tut himself may have used the substance. The findings mean opium use ...

Most royal tombs in Egypt were looted in antiquity—but one was found completely intact. In this ATG Highlights episode, we explore the story of that discovery, what was found inside, and why it ...

The year’s most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the missing torso of a Buddha statue and a hidden Picasso painting Cool Finds ...

This redefines “high” society in ancient Egypt. Yale University researchers have found trace amounts of opium jars in an ancient Egyptian vessel, proving that opium use was widespread in the land of ...

For more than a century, a mystery has surrounded the alabaster jars found in King Tut’s tomb. Carved from Egyptian calcite and still stained with dark, sticky residues, the vessels have long posed a ...

Traces of opium found inside an ancient alabaster vase suggest drug use was common in ancient Egypt, not rare or accidental. The discovery raises the possibility that King Tut’s famous jars once held ...

Shabti, the ancient Egyptian funerary figurines that were supposed to work for the deceased in their afterlife, have revealed the identity of a pharaoh in an unnamed sarcophagus. Pharaoh Shoshenq III ...