Across the Levant in the 15th century B.C., cities were rising up against freshly-installed pharaoh Thutmose III. It would be ...

"Both cultures placed deep emphasis on unity, spirituality, and the afterlife," Xue notes. "Egyptians imagined a glorious ...

A joint Egyptian-Canadian archaeological team has identified the owner of ancient Theban Tomb, Kampp 23, located in the ...

Analysis of a mummy kept for a century at the University of Turin in Italy has revealed rare face tattoos made with a special ...

The mystery of King Tutankhamun's death may finally have been solved after groundbreaking DNA evidence was found.

Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses I sat longer at Emory University than he did on the throne. His presumptive remains now lay encased in glass at Egypt’s Luxor Museum, a simple cloth draped from his ...

There is perhaps no institution on Earth whose opening has been as wildly anticipated as the Grand Egyptian Museum outside ...

It’s nearing the end of my 11-day Egypt experience, and there’s always something new to see. It’s easy to sit on the deck of the sleek Viking river ship—one of six in the cruise line’s Nile fleet—and ...

International newspapers several years ago reported the discovery of Queen Nefertiti's mummy, citing an English researcher ...

Egyptian mythology has fascinated people for centuries and its influence spreads far beyond textbooks and museum exhib ...

Ancient military fortifications dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman eras of Egyptian history were recently uncovered by ...

Once destined for the afterlife, these ancient dead had become commercial goods, shipped to Europe where they were crushed ...