Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered near Cairo the 4,400-year-old tomb of an ancient priestess. The Ministry of Antiquities on Saturday unveiled the tomb near the Pyramid of Khafra and said it belonged to Hetpet, a priestess to Hathor, the goddess of fertility, who lived during the Fifth Dynasty and assisted women in childbirth. Mostafa Waziri, …

A vast, hidden network of cities, fortifications, farms and highways has been found a hidden beneath the trees of the remote Guatemalan jungle. Scans of the area exposed 60,000 previously unknown structures, including a seven-story pyramid. The results suggest the region supported an advanced society that peaked around 1,200 years ago, led by a mysterious …

In 1962, brothers John and Clarence Anglin, with Frank Morris, tunnelled out of their cell before taking to the deadly waters of San Francisco Bay on a makeshift raft and were never heard from again – until now It has gone down in history as the FBI’s most frustrating case – how did three bank …

Have you ever wondered what people did before there were dentists? Tooth decay and pain aren’t a modern problem and have plagued society for thousands of years. It’s no secret that dental pain can be one of the most agonizing miseries one can endure. Thankfully, we have several thousand years of collective knowledge as well …

The famous ‘two brothers’ mummies in Manchester Museum could be at the heart of an ancient family scandal. The mummies of two elite men, Khnum-nakht and Nakht-ankh, date to around 1800 BC and are the oldest human remains in Manchester’s Egyptology collection. Their grave, found in 1907 near Cairo, had inscriptions that suggested both men …