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Three tombs 'made by pure Egyptian hands' have been found in the archaeological site of Dra Abu el-Naga on the Luxor West ...
Archaeologists in Egypt have made a remarkable discovery of a trio of ancient tombs dating back more than 3,500 years. The ...
And it suggests that despite frequent famines, the Egyptian rulers failed to grasp just how ... The team behind Tuesday's study created a timeline connecting that climate change to political ...
The stone explained that the Egyptian ruler Ptolemy V in 196 BC had granted a tax exemption for the resident priests at the temple in Memphis, one of the historic capitals of Egypt. The priests ...
“The Egyptian kings liked to present their history as ... day identify the ruler to help anchor him within the historical timeline. “With archaeology you hope for evidence,” Wegner said.
Both tombs were uncovered in the royal necropolis at Abydos, a site located at the sacred mountain of Anubis that had been particularly important for Egyptian rulers during the First and Second ...
Following ten years of investigations Egyptologist Piers Litherland, from Selkirk, has discovered the final resting place of the Egyptian ruler, who died around 3,500 years ago. Thutmose II was an ...
In times of trouble, ancient Egypt often looked to its female rulers to restore and maintain power. From Hatshepsut to Cleopatra, women ruled, and ruled well, along the Nile. Some of the first ...
Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations. The first ...
After Israel defeated the coalition of Arab states, the Egyptian army was left in control of a small strip of land wedged between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean. During the war, some 700,000 ...
Here is a timeline of the conflict ... Jordan occupies land that becomes known as the West Bank. In July 1956, the Egyptian president nationalises the Suez Canal waterway, a key trade route ...