Long before modern billionaires threw lavish parties at sea on their superyachts, the wealthy elite of ancient Egypt ...

The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the ...

What do we know about the legendary Egyptian King Sesostris? Was he a real person? According to evidence, he was.

The unearthing of the long-lost tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II is being described as one of the most important ...

The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.

The finding confirms that the pharaoh expected quite the pampered afterlife and hints at a potential musical-chairs situation ...

Archaeologists discovered 225 figurines for the afterlife in a different pharaoh’s tomb, indicating an ancient robbery at the ...

Tutankhamun, the famed ancient Egyptian "boy king" who ascended the throne as a child, died when he was around 19 years old, sometime between 1327 B.C and 1323 B.C. But Tut's death was unexpected, and ...

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Egyptian influencer Youssef Mohamed hopes his resemblance to Pharaoh Akhenaten fuels further interest in ancient Egyptian history.

What is the Greek legend of the blind king of Egypt named Pheron? Is there any evidence that this legendary pharaoh really ...