As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

The depth of the writer’s commitment is tested when he meets with a Southern Californian tattooist proficient in ancient ...

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

After her death, Hatshepsut’s names and representations such as statues were systematically erased from her monuments.

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

When Captain Edward Smith went down with the Titanic on April 15, 1912, it seemed to confirm what many had already started to ...

Exploring Grand Palaces, seeing Egyptian mummies and gazing at the Holy Shroud are some of the things to do in Turin. This ...

In a startling development, archaeologists say these mysterious skeletons are the father and son of this legendary ruler.