The "intriguing new" rock engraving was found on the west bank of the Nile River near Aswan in November 2022, during a survey that was documenting rock art in the region ahead of the construction of ...

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

A groundbreaking discovery has revealed the complete genome of a man who lived in Ancient Egypt over 4,500 years ago, during ...

Isotope teeth analysis from donkey skeletons at Gath shows valuable female asses were imported for ritual burial under homes, ...

An African-American lady has reacted on social media after DNA test showed she has Nigerian roots. She said she has always ...

A woman took a DNA test out of curiosity and found out her real father was Egyptian, not Portuguese; upending her identity ...

For the first time, scientists decoded a complete genome from a 4,800-year-old Egyptian, revealing surprising Middle Eastern ...

Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...

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

In the third in his special series of articles exploring the enduring legacy of Tutankhamun, Zahi Hawass searches for the boy king’s relatives among mummies thought to belong to the royal family ...

More than 30 million people globally have done a family history DNA test, but few realise this multi-billion dollar ...

This photo provided by researchers shows rock-cut tombs in Nuwayrat, Egypt where a pottery vessel in which the remains of a ...