Archaeologists in Jordan have documented a carved inscription bearing the name of Ramesses III, an Egyptian pharaoh who ...

Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...

The power of Ramses III spread over key routes and was marked by rock inscriptions in his name—one has been found in Wadi Rum ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history ... sarcophagus, nor mummy remains. But what survives ...

Egyptian religion was filled with magical symbols, amulets, and totems. The Eye of Horus, often called the Wadjet or Wedjat ...

A mummy lies exposed in an open storage box ... Many came from the Napatan era in the eighth and seventh centuries B.C., when ...

Young Egyptian actress May Elghety is making a strong splash into the world of international cinema, having been selected to star in the upcoming supernatural horror ...

The last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt, Cleopatra is also considered to be the last pharaoh of Egypt before it fell in the hands of the Roman Empire. Born in 69 BC, Cleopatra was a ...

The mystery of the 3,500 year old Egyptian mummy, whose face has been stuck in a 'scream' for thousands of years, has baffled scientists for almost a century. Believed to have passed away at about ...

or at lease very close relatives – a common practice in ancient Egypt. Mummy of pharaoh Tutankhamun in his tomb in Valley of the Kings. Photo: istock More than 5,000 treasures were found buried ...