The Ancient Egyptian obelisk at the Vatican is out of place, but not nearly as out of place as a lost Bible chapter that nobody knew about hiding somewhere you'd never expect: the Holy See's vault.

The makers of the obelisks, that is the overseers in charge and the craftsmen, never signed their work, and this was usually the case in ancient Egypt, that the fine craftsmen, whatever the ...

Investigating a burial site at the ancient village of Tombos, archaeologists have re-written their own rule book when it ...

NOVA: Can you describe what your every day work is like, when you're not called off to Egypt to help raise an obelisk? LEHNER: I'm an archaeologist and I study ancient Egypt. I work at the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered hidden remains under Egyptian pyramids, challenging long-held beliefs about burial traditions ...

In a Board of Visitors meeting on Monday, the University announced vague plans for a new construction project — a 100-foot ...

“The obelisk is an architectural structure, of the type built in ancient Egypt and placed at the front entrance to temples,” he explains. “Various hieroglyphic inscriptions were engraved on ...