When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during ... finds from Egypt and casts new light on a formative period of the civilization along the Nile.