American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of ...

In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...

In a glass case in Cairo, a 5,000-year-old stone disc carved from fragile schist looks less like a ritual object and more ...

As custodians of ancient wisdom, Egyptian priests explored ritual, science, philosophy, metaphysics, and spirituality unlike ...

Egypt on Saturday was inaugurating the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum, the world’s largest museum dedicated to an ancient civilization — a megaproject also aimed at boosting the country’s tourism ...

Everything you ever wanted to know about Ancient Egypt. Dan is joined by Dr Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and Sudan at the ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

In recent years, Egyptologists’ understanding of the period of stability and prosperity that emerged at the end of the 4th millennium B.C.E. known as the Old Kingdom has begun to change. Excavations ...

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

Ancient Egyptians were not only masters of architecture – they also were the original wizards of synthetic chemistry. Around 5,000 years ago, they crafted the world’s first synthetic pigment, Egyptian ...

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