A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose's reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with ...

When Ahmose (reigned from c1550 – 1525 BC) became king, Egypt was in crisis. It was occupied in the north and threatened in the south. It was a shadow of its former self. But by the time he died, ...

One Egyptian mystery was “unwrapped” by computers this week. Egyptologists digitally unwrapped a 3,500-year-old pharaoh for the first time, giving historians insight into a new period of Egyptian ...

In 1560 BC, Egypt was divided into two. Its very existence was threatened from both north and south. But one family was determined to restore Egypt to its former glory. One by one, the King of Thebes ...

An inscription on a 3,500-year-old stone block from Egypt may be one of the world’s oldest weather reports—and could provide new evidence about the chronology of events in the ancient Middle East. A ...

Facemask of the never-before unwrapped mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I (S. Saleem and Z. Hawass) (CN) — Scientists using three-dimensional CT scanning have ‘unwrapped’ the mummy of the Pharaoh Amenhotep ...

General view of a parade at a ceremony of a transfer of royal mummies in Cairo, Egypt, on April 3, 2021, i Host Broadcaster/Reuters TV More than 20 of Egypt's ancient royal mummies were transported to ...

Restoration work on the newly discovered artefacts, near the Queen Hatshepsut Valley Temple in Deir El-Bahari in Luxor CAIRO (Reuters) - Archaeologists have uncovered intact portions of the foundation ...

As a professor of ancient history, one of the questions I often get when I teach the history of Pharonic Egypt is about the biblical story of the Exodus. Did this wonderful story of Moses and the ...

Archaeologists and medical researchers have united to finally “unwrap” a 3,500-year-old pharaoh — without lifting a single gauze. Researchers have eagerly awaited the opportunity to see the corpse of ...

An inscription on a 3,500-year-old stone block from Egypt may be one of the world’s oldest weather reports -- and could provide new evidence about the chronology of events in the ancient Middle East.

An inscription on a 3,500-year-old stone block from Egypt may be one of the world's oldest weather reports—and could provide new evidence about the chronology of events in the ancient Middle East. A ...