As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

As Egypt and Korea mark the 30th anniversary of their diplomatic relations, a moment of cultural and artistic significance is ...

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery inside Egypt's Great Pyramid that they say rewrites longstanding beliefs ...

When archaeologists first started unearthing statues of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 1920s, they noticed ...

Three new tombs have been discovered in Egypt dating back more than 3,000 years during the New Kingdom period, which lasted from around 1550 to 1070 BCE.

Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

While the Grand Egyptian Museum hasn’t officially opened yet, it has been opening in stages over the last two years. Here’s what it’s like.

Scientists believe they've worked out why statues of one of Egypt's most overlooked rulers were destroyed - and even reconstructed them to unveil the visage of the historic pharaoh. Hatshepsut was the ...

The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great public works. He ruled Egypt for two-thirds of a cent ...

Egypt: Archaeologists discover three ancient tombs dating back more than 3,500 years The new discoveries date back to the New Kingdom period (1550 BC), according to officials.