Long before Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, Ankhnespepy II amassed unprecedented political and religious power. Here's how.

Radiocarbon dating is quietly rewriting one of humanity’s best known origin stories, shifting the rise of Egypt’s first ...

The monumental, square tomb complex of queen Meret-Neith in Abydos, Egypt. New excavations of the ancient Egyptian queen Meret-Neith's tomb have yielded riches, suggesting she may have been Egypt's ...

Two iron ankle shackles, buried for about 2,200 years in the Egyptian desert, have revealed new evidence of forced labor.

A groundbreaking study suggests that the start of Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom may have occurred nearly a century later than ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

The discoveries of an archaeological team in Egypt are fueling speculation that a woman could have been one of the first pharaohs of the ancient kingdom. A team in Abydos, which is an area along the ...

A massive Valley Temple linked to King Niuserre’s sun complex offers an insight into Fifth Dynasty worship at Abusir, Egypt ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

Archaeologists have discovered 225 shabtis — figurines meant to work for the deceased in the afterlife — in a pharaoh's tomb.

RIYADH (Reuters) - In his full-throated cry of support for the Egyptian authorities, Saudi King Abdullah on Friday described street protests by the Muslim Brotherhood as representing "terrorism and ...