Underneath him were Egypt's social elite, the nobles, who effectively governed Egypt for the pharaoh. Lower down were the educated professional classes, such as scribes, accountants and doctors.

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been ... This finding suggests that "social classes were not segregated, but instead that a hard laboring non-elite were buried alongside ...

A collapsed statue in the ancient Egyptian city of Tombos in Nubia ... Additionally, the arrangement of the burials indicates that social classes were not strictly segregated, as the elite shared ...

Historians have long assumed that ancient Egyptian ... elites wished to enforce class structures even in death. To this end, they may have imposed a “hierarchical social order on the sacred ...

The pyramids of ancient Egypt and Sudan may not have been ... This finding suggests that "social classes were not segregated, but instead that a hard laboring non-elite were buried alongside ...

Marriage contracts and family roles reveal limits to female independence in ancient Egypt, as eldest sons held lasting power.

Hundreds of ancient tombs in Aswan ... for both the mother and baby, across all social classes. The necropolis is a city for eternity. While some refer to the Aswan necropolis as a "city of ...

If you were asked to describe the scent emanating from an ancient Egyptian mummy like ... analysis of nine mummies from various social classes and historical periods, published in the Journal ...

Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last of the lost tombs of the kings of ancient Egypt's Eighteenth Dynasty, which reigned for over two ...