Long before Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, Ankhnespepy II amassed unprecedented political and religious power. Here's how.

An archaeological team has uncovered for the first time more than half of the temple, long buried under River Nile sediment.

Beneath five feet of sediment on the Mediterranean seafloor, archaeologists have discovered the remains of an ancient ...

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

The royal symbol on the newly discovered figurines solves a long-standing mystery by identifying who was buried in the ...

The Amarna Letters contain records of ancient lords and rulers seeking to establish diplomatic ties with Egyptian pharaohs.

Ancient Egypt’s female feline goddess had two sides. As Bastet, she could nurture and protect; as Sakhmet she had a propensity to brutally attack and maim without control. But in both forms, she had ...