Shepseskaf's decision to build a mastaba instead of a pyramid has puzzled archaeologists for centuries, as it marked a significant break with dynastic and religious tradition.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered a huge tomb belonging to one of ancient Egypt’s earliest pharaohs. But with no mummy left ...

They found some Khamun ground. Archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old town that was possibly erected by King ...

Fourth dynasty rulers even typically adopted a ... fascinating about another total solar eclipse that impacted ancient Egyptian civilizations. This other eclipse appeared to have occurred a ...

The Egyptian priest Manetho, who lived during the third century B.C., started the dynasty construct. His accounts of ancient Egyptian history were preserved by ancient Greek writers and ...

On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

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Pharaoh Shepsekaf, the reigning ruler of the fourth Egyptian dynasty, is shaken ... who calculated that this ancient solar eclipse's path of totality coincides with a major shift in Egyptian ...