More than 4,000 years ago, ancient Egyptian artisans carved the likeness of a queen into a wooden statue and even bejeweled her highness with wooden earrings, according to a new discovery announced ...

The Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is a beloved figure in global history because she was a powerful female pharaoh, which was exceptionally rare. For 100 years, the popular theory held that, after her ...

A statue discovered at Cleopatra’s tomb allegedly reveals the Egyptian queen’s true face. An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission in collaboration with the National University Pedro Henríquez ...

With the Grand Egyptian Museum now finished in Giza, pressure is mounting on Germany to finally return the famous bust of ...

French archaeologists announced Wednesday the discovery outside Cairo of the burial chamber of a mysterious queen from Egypt's Old Kingdom more than 4,000 years ago. The necropolis of Saqqara outside ...

Sealed jars of wine from 5,000 years ago have been discovered in the tomb of Queen Meret-Neith, who is believed to be Egypt's first female pharaoh. SWNS / University of Vienna Sealed jars of wine from ...

Move over, Nefertiti! Queen Nefertari tells her story in “Queen Nefertari’s Egypt,” now on view at the Kimbell Art Museum through March 14. This exhibition explores Egypt’s New Kingdom period (c. 1529 ...

Although this documentary has a juicy premise as its foundation -- the mystery surrounding Hatshepsut, an Egyptian queen who stole the thrown and "ruled as a man" -- this painstaking Discovery special ...

Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing “African Queens” docu-series “Queen Cleopatra,” which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched counterprogramming plans ...

A tomb believed to hold the remains of a previously unknown Egyptian queen has been unearthed near Cairo, authorities said Sunday. The tomb, which was discovered by archaeologists in Abu-Sir, a ...