Ancient Egypt was filled with gods of power, war, and fertility, but few were as fearsome and revered as Sobek, the crocodile-headed deity. Worshiped as a protector, a creator of the Nile, and a ...

The mummified body of a Nile predator lay silent for roughly 3,000 years, but a modern CT scanner has now replayed its final, fatal meal in extraordinary detail. What emerges is not just a grisly ...

A pair of ancient nobles died thousands of years ago and were buried in nearby tombs in Egypt. Excavations of these graves revealed a first-of-its-kind discovery. Archaeologists in Luxor excavated two ...

During the era of the late Cretaceous, the land that now sits in modern-day Egypt was far from an arid desert. The region sat close to the planet’s equator, resulting in a greenhouse-like environment ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Wadisuchus kassabi is now the newest, and oldest, crocodile ancestor to crawl out of Egypt. 80-million-year-old fossils revealed that this dyrosaurid ...

In the Western Desert of Egypt, an ancient crocodile-like species was found. Mihajlo Stojkovic via Unsplash During the era of the late Cretaceous, the land that now sits in modern-day Egypt was far ...