Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Scientists decoded the 4,500-year-old genome of an Egyptian buried like royalty but built like a laborer—rewriting ancient ...

The face of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh—Ramesses II—has been brought back to life by scientists in the U.K. from his mummified remains. Researchers from the Liverpool John Moores University ...

Meresamun was a high-ranking priestess who had the ability to calm the gods with her singing voice, and a new reconstruction ...

An ancient rock engraving in the Lower Nile Valley may offer a rare glimpse into the origin of Egyptian kings. The art panel ...

After her death, Hatshepsut’s names and representations such as statues were systematically erased from her monuments.

The Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is a beloved figure in global history because she was a powerful female pharaoh, which was ...

Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

Known by his superb nickname "The Magnificent", Pharaoh Amenhotep III oversaw arguably the most glorious period in Ancient Egyptian history, bringing peace and prosperity to the empire while ...

Technology Puts a Face on Egyptian Mummies. By Louis Jacobson. ... For the better part of a century, visitors to the Public Museum of Grand Rapids had flocked to the ancient Egypt display, ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...