Their faces draw you in — big, expressive eyes staring out as if they’ve been frozen in the act of remembering something important. Painted on wooden panels and placed over the faces of mummified ...

In the English-speaking world, referring to someone as silver-tongued suggests a smooth and cunning speaker. More than 2,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians went one better by placing a golden tongue ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Egyptian burial chamber featuring two "intricately painted" wooden coffins, among other finds. A joint Egyptian–German mission discovered the tomb during an ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Three tombs dating ...

A basilica from the 4th century held a surprising number of tombs with women and children, researchers found. By Alexander Nazaryan More than a decade ago, archaeologists began to excavate one of the ...