A group of archaeologists describes details of the 5,000-year-old burial of 20 women adorned with perforated beads ...

Nearly 4,000 years after her death, the ancient tomb of an Egyptian priestess named Idi has been found in Asyut, Egypt. According to the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, she was the ...

Coffins with inscriptions and jars containing human organs from ancient Egypt have been discovered in a 46-foot shaft. The beautifully decorated coffin and burial chamber belonged to an ancient ...

Evidence show that confession might actually have an origin in the pre-Christian religious customs of ancient Greece.

People came from all over Greece and beyond to have their questions about the future answered by the Pythia, the priestess of Apollo. And her answers, usually cryptic, could determine the course ...