A new study published in 2024 has revealed that Old Kingdom Egypt's scribes had work-related osteoarthritis that can still be seen in their bones. Thousands of years before the Romans or the ...

The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II is the first royal crypt discovered in recent years, and scientists have new powerful tools ...

A small, wooden diorama found in an ancient Egyptian tomb reflects the importance of grain in an agricultural society.

Mummy aroma may provide insight into social class and historical period, according to a team of trained mummy sniffers ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...

The 25th Dynasty originated in Nubia, in what is today Sudan, and ruled over ancient Egypt between 744 and 656 BC.

Giza's three pyramids and the Sphinx were constructed in the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom, arguably the first great civilization on earth. Today, Giza is a suburb of rapidly growing Cairo ...

Egyptian officials announced Tuesday the ... which was prepared for her as a royal wife before she became ruler of the ancient kingdom. She ended up being buried in the Valley of the Kings ...

Archaeologists uncover Thutmose II’s 3,500-year-old tomb, marking a groundbreaking discovery in Egypt’s Thebes region.

Many pharaoh’s tombs in Egypt were discovered by Western researchers ... of the ancient burial sites. Unlike their Old and Middle Kingdom predecessors, who built pyramids as funerary monuments ...