Despite this lack of clarity over the prevalence of the Black Death in ancient Egypt, previous studies have hinted at possible outbreaks along the banks of the Nile in historic times. For instance ...

Egypt was home to the first known scientist, Imhotep, a brilliant Black physician. Famous for designing King Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the Egyptian polymath Imhotep (Greek: Imouthes, c.

In the Virgin Islands and on Puerto Rican soil over 100 years ago, a child was born who gave his contribution to Black ...

The idea that ancient Egyptians were paler-skinned comes from early Egyptologists, many of whom were themselves white and saw Black people as inferior, he said. "A lot of it, unfortunately ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Traces of the Black Death, the devastating plague that claimed up to 50 million lives in medieval Europe, have been discovered in an ancient Egyptian ... said: "People with plague are very sick.

People divorced and remarried ... Pots like these were used to store make-up and cosmetics. Ancient Egyptians decorated their eyes with black kohl eyeliner. Both men and women painted their ...