"Priceless" Egyptian artifacts have been stolen from a Queensland museum, police said.

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

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

Digital tools allow archaeologists to identify similarities between fragments and artifacts and potentially recover previously unknown parts of their stories.

Its chronological diversity makes it "an open-air natural museum", according to council secretary general Hisham El-Leithy ...