Archaeologists at Athribis have uncovered more than 42,000 inscribed pottery shards revealing daily ancient Egyptian life. The ostraca include tax receipts, religious texts, and notes written in ...

Inscriptions found include notes on exercises by schoolchildren, religious texts, and certificates for the quality of ...

Egyptian alabaster vessels may have been the ancient world’s hookah. In a study published in September in the Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies, researchers identified ...

Several tombs in the necropolises of Egypt depict figures dancing across the walls and playing instruments. But when Egyptologists took a closer look, they were able to piece together how the art form ...