The 22nd book of fiction by the merrily eclectic Paul West examines, with self-conscious flair, the very art and purpose of the historical novel. Cheops, pharaoh of the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt ...

Sheriff’s deputies have arrested three more women suspected of promoting a pyramid scheme marketed as empowering to women. Christine Ney, 28, of Natomas, Teresa Machold, 49, of Colfax and Debra Walker ...

A 4,500-year-old tomb of a queen whose identity remains a mystery is the 110th pyramid to be uncovered in Egypt, the country’s antiquities director said. The discovery was made by a Swiss team of ...