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Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...
The century­-long battle over the return of the bust of the ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti from Germany to its homeland is continuing.
The British archaeologist has been conducting field work with Egypt's antiquities minister after putting forth a theory locating Nefertiti's crypt Nicholas Reeves is leaning on the entrance to ...
The secret behind the wall: Is Queen Nefertiti hiding in King Tutankhamun’s burial chamber? QUEEN Nefertiti’s whereabouts is the greatest mystery in archaeology. Have the ancient Egyptians ...
An archaeologist has studied broken statues of Queen Hatshepsut—one of the few women to rule as an Egyptian pharaoh, 4,000 years ago—and found that they were not attacked during the ...
Here’s how it works. A statue of Queen Hatshepsut of ancient Egypt, whose many statues were broken following her death in around 1458 B.C. (Image credit: KHALED DESOUKI via Getty Images) ...
CAIRO — Egypt has unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years.
King Tut’s golden mask is one of the most famous treasures in the world, but it turns out it was hiding a secret all along! Experts recently discovered that the mask wasn’t originally made for ...
Underneath a temple in the ancient ruined city of Taposiris Magna, archaeologists discovered a vast tunnel, referred to by experts as a "geometric miracle". The structure was discovered 13 metres (43 ...
A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...