For ancient Egyptians, owning a menagerie of exotic animals conveyed power and wealth. But the remains of baboons, hippos, and other elite pets buried more than 5,000 years ago in a graveyard near the ...

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM—Modified sheep skulls have been found in Hierakonpolis, a mortuary complex in Upper Egypt dated to 3700 B.C., according to report in The Independent. In all, the remains of at least ...

A recently discovered tomb at a key Egyptian settlement has yielded the largest trove of artifacts ever found in a tomb there—including a young man's burned and scattered bones—and is shedding new ...

The skeletons of six cats, including four kittens, found in an Egyptian cemetery may push back the date of cat domestication in Egypt by nearly 2,000 years. The bones come from a cemetery for the ...

Hierakonpolis, Hampi, Cliff Palace, Delos, and the Plain of Jars highlight early capitals, sacred monuments, and burial traditions from ancient civilizations. Texas anti-ESG law declared ...

This is a cat buried in a 6,000-year-old in Hierakonpolis, Egypt.

A small ivory statuette previously found in a different tomb in Hierakonpolis. The Daily Mail has photos of objects found at the new site. Heritage Images/Corbis Near the Egyptian city of Edfu, in the ...

Some 5,600 years ago, people in the Egyptian city of Hierakonpolis did something that’s still a very popular activity today: they brewed and drank beer. We know this because archaeologists examining ...

Ancient Egyptian elites drank thick porridge-like beer around 5,800 years ago, a new study suggests. Researchers analysed fragments of pottery found at Hierakonpolis, an ancient city and current ...