A life-sized statue has been discovered in Pompeii of an ancient Roman woman thought to have been a priestess in a fertility cult. The statue decorated the façade of a monumental tomb dedicated to a ...

It is as tiny as the sleekest mobile phones that fit in the palm of the hand, but its message is anything but modern. A small tablet in a special display this month in the Museum of the Ancient Orient ...

Women can boost their fertility by having “a core of five best friends”, according to Oxford University professor Robin Dunbar. The UK anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist, who has also ...

The tomb was found in Giza's western necropolis, which is home to burial grounds from the Old Kingdom known as the 'Age of the Pyramids'. It is believed to be the resting place of Hetpet, a priestess ...

A general view shows well-preserved and rare wall paintings inside the tomb of an Old Kingdom priestess discovered by Egyptian archaeologists on the Giza plateau on the southern outskirts of Cairo on ...

Egyptian archaeologists on Saturday unveiled the tomb of an Old Kingdom priestess adorned with well-preserved and rare wall paintings. Antiquities Minister Khaled al-Enany told reporters that the tomb ...