The pyramid was believed to have dated back to the First Temple period (1,000 BC to 586 BC), but it was found to contain a ...

At the edge of Egypt’s vast Eastern Desert, archaeologists have unearthed haunting evidence of an ancient dark history — ...

The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...

The purpose of a mysterious pyramidal structure in the Judaean Desert is unknown, but excavators are finding many ...

The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Archaeologists have uncovered a large multi-story building alongside a way station for those traveling between the Dead Sea ...

No fewer than seven Queen Cleopatras ruled ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period, as a new book explains, writes David ...

In a study published March 13 in the journal Antiquity, Redon detailed the rare discovery of shackles at Ghozza, the northernmost Ptolemaic gold mine, which was in use from around 250 to 200 B.C. The ...

Archaeologists have found a 2,200-year-old Greek pyramid-shaped structure near the Dead Sea, believed to be a former desert ...

the Seleucid kingdom, and the Ptolemaic kingdom which survived in Egypt, which was finally taken over by Rome in 31 B.C. And what was the language and culture of the Hellenistic world? The ...

Titled The Cleopatras and written by UK historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, it shows that Cleopatra was in fact the seventh female member of the Ptolemaic Dynasty that ruled Egypt from its conquest ...