Queen Tiye of Egypt is regarded as the figure who paved the way for the world's major religions and was venerated as a ...

Made In Ancient Egypt, running until 12 April, is the first-ever exhibition to focus on the identities, skills and working ...

Akhenaten and Nefertiti were among the most controversial rulers of ancient Egypt, yet neither of their mummies has ever been ...

After the death of King Tut, a power-hungry vizier married the royal princess—but his reign was cut short by a military ...

Tut's head, scanned in .62-millimeter slices to register its intricate structures, takes on eerie detail in the resulting image. With Tut's entire body similarly recorded, a team of specialists in ...

Egyptian authorities have pulled back the curtain on the repaired statues, described as 'one of the most important landmarks ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the start of Ancient Egypt's New Kingdom may have occurred nearly a century later than ...

When the pharaoh Akhenaten died, he left no obvious successor. Three of his and his wife Nefertiti’s six daughters had died, and his son, Tutankhaten (later Tutankhamun) was too young to be king. Who ...

High cheekbones, a long nose, full lips and a prominent chin: Pharaoh Akhenaten’s facial features, as seen in various sculptures, often stand out among the various depictions of ancient Egyptian kings ...

The population that inhabited Akhenaten’s brand new city, Akhetaten, in Middle Egypt was ill at ease with the massive religious uncertainty their monarch had unleashed. A question mark hung over not ...

The 17-year reign of the pharaoh crowned as Amenhotep IV was one of the most revolutionary periods in Egyptian history. After the prosperous 39-year reign of his father, Amenhotep III, the pharaoh ...