Egyptian craftspeople were ‘ahead of their time,’ study says.

Researchers have identified what may be the earliest known metal drill from ancient Egypt—and it was hidden in plain sight.

A long-overlooked Ancient Egyptian tool is now reshaping what archaeologists know about the origins of human engineering. A ...

New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of the New Kingdom by decades. By combining cutting edge radiocarbon analysis ...

"Egyptian craftspeople mastered reliable rotary drilling more than two millennia before some of the best-preserved drill sets." ...

Ancient Egyptian bow drills previously didn't appear in the archaeological record until the New Kingdom, circa the second millennium BCE. Nearly a century ago, archaeologists excavating a cemetery in ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...