American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

Ancient Egypt was ruled for millennia by a series of pharaohs. Historians have broken up this period into dynasties, in which the rulers were either related to one another or derived power from a ...

A team led by the Shanghai Museum will embark on a joint archaeological research project with Egypt in October at the Sekhmet Temple ruins, a complex on the west bank of the Nile River. The temple is ...

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

The meticulous five-year cleaning process even involved toothpicks. The restoration provides key insights into how ancient Egypt celebrated New Year’s Day. Two millennia of soot and grime were cleaned ...

A new exhibition at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam brings together a large collection of funeral paintings from post-Ptolemaic Egypt, some loaned from the Louvre and the J. Paul Getty Museum.

The 18th dynasty of ancient Egypt, which reigned from about 1550 B.C. to 1292 B.C., was the longest lasting. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...