Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is ...

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a large medieval cathedral in the subterranean citadel of Old Dongola, once the ...

Hatshepsut was an early pioneer of 'girl power', taking on the male pharaohs at their own game 3,500 years ago in ancient ...

The fact that Ramesses II lived to around age 90 was, in itself, quite a feat in ancient Egypt. At the time "most people died ...

Among the dead, scholars identified no fewer than 11 pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s splendid New Kingdom period, including Seti I, whose body was missing from his magnificent tomb, and Ramses the ...

While the Grand Egyptian Museum hasn’t officially opened yet, it has been opening in stages over the last two years. Here’s ...

Scientists believe they've worked out why statues of one of Egypt's most overlooked rulers were destroyed - and even ...

Once feared as the 'Pharaoh's Curse,' the fungus Aspergillus flavus, discovered in Tutankhamun's tomb, is now a potential cancer fighter. Researchers ...

Having a lot of children can cause headaches when settling issues of inheritance. Even more so when a royal throne is part of ...

Archaeologists uncovered the ancient city of Imet in Egypt’s Nile Delta, revealing homes, temples, and artifacts from the 4th ...

Ramesses II, often called Ramesses the Great, reigned for 66 years during Egypt’s New Kingdom and became one of its most ...