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 ...

A British-Egyptian archaeological mission from Cambridge University has discovered a gypsum head from a statue of King Akhenaten (around 1300 BC) during excavation work in Tel El-Amarna in Egypt’s ...

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 ...

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 plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt's short-lived capital city. However, a comprehensive new archaeological analysis ...

Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Pétain, De Gaulle, Eisenhower… Many great military leaders, thanks to the popularity and prestige earned through warfare, managed to rise to the leadership of their countries.

Until now, researchers believed that the city of Amarna (the Arabic name for the ancient city of Akhetaten), founded by Pharaoh Akhenaten in 1370 BCE, had been abandoned forever after its fall.

SO’OUD ATEN, Egypt — It’s a familiar story: The whim of a leader upends citizens’ lives and leads them into the wilderness. In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Akhenaten was no different. Determined that his ...