The tomb of an unknown pharaoh has been discovered by archaeologists in Egypt - but the king's name has been lost to the ages ...

The structure’s style diverges from typical Theban or Hyksos designs, and aligns more with local Abydene traditions. This supports the theory that Abydos kept its own independent authority during this ...

The ancient tomb, found in Abydos, Egypt, is thought to belong to a pharaoh who ruled 3,600 years ago, during a time of ...

1550–1525 BC) against the Hyksos invaders A team of Egyptian archaeologists digging at Tel Habuwa, near the town of Qantara East and three kilometres east of the Suez Canal, have made a major ...

Thought to originate from an area in modern-day Israel, the Hyksos arrived on the scene during Egypt’s 13th dynasty. Egyptian rulers were able to hold them off until about 1650 B.C., when the ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most ... and a group called the "Hyksos" rose to power, controlling much of northern Egypt. While the Hyksos may have originally been from the Levant ...

Instead, they co-existed with the 16th and 17th Dynasties, which were based in Thebes, another ancient Egyptian city further south. Warfare between the Hyksos and the pharaohs of the late 17th ...

The Hyksos, meaning “rulers of foreign lands ... with mud brick vaults reaching a height of around 5m. Head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector, Mohamed Abdel Badie, said the newly discovered ...

The hands were found buried, palm down, in three separate pits within the courtyard of the ancient Egyptian Hyksos palace in the north-eastern archeological site of Avaris, also known as Tell el ...

But the Hyksos nonetheless left their mark on Egyptian culture in the form of certain technological advances and customs, including the practice of presenting the severed right hands of defeated ...

Although the Hyksos were described by the Ptolemaic Egyptian historian Manetho as “invaders of an obscure race” who conquered the region by force, recent research has shown that they descended ...