For thousands of years, Abydos has been the city of the dead. It’s one of Egypt’s most sacred and ancient burial sites, ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum is filled with archaeological treasures, here's our pick of some of the best historical marvels.

Part of the 3,600-year-old tomb of the unknown Egyptian king ... of Thutmose II to the west of the Valley of the Kings.

Child: The ancient Egyptian civilisation began 5,000 ... The ancient Egyptians were ruled by kings and queens were called pharaohs. Religion was an important part of their civilisation.

He was husband and half-brother of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, and father of Thutmose III, arguably ancient Egypt's greatest military leader ... The mummified bodies of kings, queens and other ...

The burial chamber for the unnamed ruler was found in January in a sacred city where little is known about its ancient ...

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city ...

Nefertiti was the wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten ... or the pyramids of the Queens. Of the larger, the first, smaller pyramid is Menkaune (Mykerinus), the second pyramid in the middle ...

In a joint Egyptian-British mission, archaeologists have discovered ... "This assumption was based on its proximity to the tombs of King Thutmose III’s wives and Queen Hatshepsut’s tomb, which she had ...

Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ... s 25th dynasty (ca 770-656 B.C.), the so-called Black Pharaohs. The tomb of Queen Khennuwa in Meroë. The art adorning this fourth ...