From makeup and board games to stone pillows and toe socks, the everyday items of ancient Egyptians reveal they valued cleanliness, leisure, and piety.

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

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From politics to the Oscars, the #MeToo movement is spotlighting the nature of women’s relationship to power. Why are traditional positions of power still closed to so many? How do women work within ...

Ancient Maya stairways at El Resbalón hide a deliberately altered timeline, new research reveals, reshaped by scribes ...

For decades, stories about the ancient Mediterranean have centred on the grand cultures of Greece, Rome, Phoenicia and Egypt. North-west Africa seldom enters the picture before the arrival of ...