The astronomers, physicists and mathematicians of ancient Greece were true innovators ... New research suggests the Greeks borrowed their system known as alphabetic numerals from the Egyptians, and ...

Although it's just a fragment of a larger rock slab, the letters and symbols chiseled into the face of the Rosetta Stone helped scholars crack the code of an ancient Egyptian writing system—and ...

The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years. Thutmose II's mummy was ...