Ancient Egypt was ruled for millennia by a series of pharaohs. Historians have broken up this period into dynasties, in which the rulers were either related to one another or derived power from a ...

After being lost for centuries, an 18th Dynasty tomb has been unearthed in the Valley of the Kings. A joint Egyptian-British archaeological team made this discovery on the west bank of Luxor city, ...

A recent study by Michelle Langley, Anna Stevens, and Christopher Stimpson, which was conducted as part of the Amarna Project through the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of ...

Archaeologists unearthed an ancient tomb in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, known for its treasures dating back to the pharaohs, authorities said Saturday. Mostafa Waziri, secretary-general of ...

Zahi Hawass traces the evolution of royal funerary practices during the 18th Dynasty, one of ancient Egypt’s greatest and ...

The tomb of King Tut, Egypt’s short-lived ruler who marked the end of the 18th dynasty, was discovered 100 years ago. King Tutankhamun was born in 1342 B.C. in the ancient city of Amarna, ascended to ...

A joint Egyptian-British archaeological mission has uncovered the tomb of King Thutmose II, the first royal tomb discovered since that of King Tutankhamen in 1922. The roughly 3,500-year-old tomb was ...

A joint Egyptian-British mission doing excavation work in the city of Luxor in southern Egypt has unearthed a previously undiscovered ancient royal tomb, officials said over the weekend. Mostafa ...

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SAQQARA, Egypt — Ancient workshops and tombs dating back 4,000 years were unveiled by antiquities authorities Saturday, at a sprawling pharaonic necropolis outside Cairo, Egypt's capital. Clay pots ...

Researchers found the building's remains at Tel Habwa, an archaeological site northeast of Cairo. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Around 3,500 years ago, ancient Egypt underwent a ...