Radiocarbon dating is quietly rewriting one of humanity’s best known origin stories, shifting the rise of Egypt’s first pharaohs by decades and forcing scholars to rethink how this ancient kingdom ...

A small copper tool found in a museum drawer is now confirmed as the oldest rotary metal drill in ancient Egypt, dating back 5,300 years.

Egyptian craftspeople were ‘ahead of their time,’ study says.

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt-and it was hidden in plain sight.