In the bust, Nefertiti is seen wearing a wide collar and a flat-topped crown with a golden band and uraeus (a headdress ...

3,500 years ago, Egypt entered the 18th Dynasty with a succession of kings and queens who were obsessed with wealth and power. They spent Egypt’s money on grandiose temple building projects at Karnak ...

Some historians suggest the biblical Moses and the revolutionary Pharaoh Akhenaten may have been the same man. Could this bold theory rewrite history?

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Ancient Egyptian royal cemetery guards may have relied on an ear ...

A priceless millenia-old ancient Egyptian artefact was stolen from a museum before being melted down and sold for less than £3,000, police believe. The bracelet - that was supposedly once worn by the ...

It’s a who-mum-it. Egyptian authorities have launched a nationwide treasure hunt for a 3,000-year-old bracelet that vanished without a trace from a national museum in Cairo. The priceless artifact — ...

He lived during the 14 th century BCE in a huge desert city he built from scratch named “Horizon of the Aten sun god” (today called Amarna). His mummy has never been found, and he disappeared from ...

Cairo — Just several days after authorities announced that a rare, 3,000-year-old golden bracelet had vanished from a restoration lab at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the fate of the artifact has ...

CAIRO - Egypt's most famous pharaoh, King Tutankhamun, was a frail boy who suffered from a cleft palate and club foot. He died of complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria, and his ...

Leonard Woolley’s excavation of Ur yielded an archaeologist’s dream: a series of intact burials from one of the world's most important ancient cities. Dating from 2600-2300 B.C., a decorative bull's ...