Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

Here's a look at what archaeologists' most recent discovery is telling them about life in Egypt after the pharaohs.

New evidence and modern scans are bringing renewed attention to one of Egypt’s most mysterious and long-forgotten sites.

A lesser-known period in Egyptian history has just been unearthed. Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists, alongside the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have discovered a massive tomb ...

Before archaeologists confirmed the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II last month, more than a century had passed since Howard Carter and a team of Egyptian laborers unearthed the tomb of ...

A team led by the Shanghai Museum will embark on a joint archaeological research project with Egypt in October at the Sekhmet Temple ruins, a complex on the west bank of the Nile River. The temple is ...

The long anticipated opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), originally slated for July, is finally going ahead this weekend. The $1 billion, 120-acre complex just outside Cairo promises to take ...

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 ...