Video from the vault In its 7000 years of history, no event changed Egypt more profoundly than the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010 97
Moses might not have parted the Red Sea, but a strong east wind that blew through the night, US researchers say.
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
Not content with managing the household it appears women in Ancient Egypt were also keeping the budget in the black with some home-based manufacturing.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
The celebrated pharaoh Tutankhamen had a club foot, walked with a cane and was killed by malaria, according to a study that used modern genetic testing and computer technology.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
Breathing in fumes from petrol made lab rats more aggressive, a finding that has wide implications for urban pollution, according to a new study.
Thursday, 19 November 2009
The hardening of arteries, which is often linked to heart attacks and strokes, is not just a modern phenomenon, according to new research showing ancient Egyptian pharaohs had heart disease too.
Monday, 14 September 2009
Sensitive political borders between countries in the Middle East and in other parts of the world are providing clues on how best to manage the land, say ecologists.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Archaeologists have discovered dozens of mummies and several sarcophagi in a tomb estimated to be more than 4000 years old, says the Egyptian ministry of culture.
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Archaeologists have discovered a pyramid buried in the desert and thought to belong to the mother of a pharaoh who ruled more than 4000 years ago, says Egypt's antiquities chief.
Friday, 24 October 2008
Malaria DNA has been found in two mummies from the ancient Egyptian capital of Thebes, providing clear evidence for the earliest known cases of the disease, say researchers.
Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Great Moments in Science Cleopatra is among the most identifiable people from the ancient world, but would you know her if you bumped into her in the street? Dr Karl has been reading hieroglyphics for a clearer picture.
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
The remains of two foetuses found in the tomb of ancient Egypt's boy king Tutankhamen may have been twins and were very likely his children, says a UK expert.
Friday, 6 June 2008
Archaeologists have concluded that a badly eroded pyramid south of Cairo was built in the 24th century BC, several hundred years earlier than previously suspected.
Monday, 26 May 2008
Reef-loving tourists who slip, slop and slap could be hurting the natural wonder they have come to see, with sunscreens pinpointed as a major cause of coral bleaching.
Many of Egypt's most famous monuments, such as the Sphinx and Cheops pyramid at Giza, contain hundreds of thousands of marine fossils, according to a new study.