While preparing a papyrus for the museum’s upcoming “Made in Ancient Egypt” exhibit, conservators noticed a thick white pigment lining the body of a jackal illustrated in one of the scenes.

The copper and leather device represents the first evidence of mechanical tools from Egypt’s pre-Pharaonic history.

An ancient artist applied a white substance to an illustration of a jackal, slimming down its appearance, according to ...

Apparently, this approach for remembering grocery lists, house chores, deliveries, and the like was also a huge part of life for ancient Egyptians living over 2,000 years ago—something for which ...

A white-out fluid, found on a 3,300-year-old papyrus, was used to make a jackal appear skinnier, Egyptologists have found.

An Egyptian-German archaeological mission has unearthed a staggering 13,000 inscribed pottery fragments, known as ostraca, at the ancient site of Athribis in Sohag, Upper Egypt, including over 130 ...

Learn about the surprising discovery that shows that even ancient Egyptians used Wite-Out to fix their mistakes.

In the collections of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge is a small copper-alloy tool ...

A Catalan scientist claims the pyramids could be 12,000 years old. Here’s what the study says and why experts remain ...

I’ve never quite understood why tourists can’t help but write things like, “Gayoung was here.” But archaeological records ...

Roughly 2,000 years ago, a traveler from southern India stood inside the sacred tombs of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings and decided to leave his mark. The man, named Cikai Korran, carved his name into ...