Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

The well-preserved walls of the tomb show scenes of offerings and depictions of daily life, providing a valuable glimpse into the Old Kingdom of Egypt.

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...

Five thousand years ago, the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom was a highly advanced civilization where the kings, known as pharaohs, were believed to be gods. They lived amidst palaces and ...

In pre-Osiris myths of the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Anubis was believed to be the son of Ra (the sun god) and Haset (the cow goddess). For the sake of continuity, the arrival of Osiris as the premier ...

a burial site for high-ranking officials of ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom, reports Euronews. The team comprising of French-Swiss archaeologists worked in the southern section of Saqqara since 2022.

Zahi Hawass describes some of the private tombs of the Old Kingdom, built in the expectation of continuing needs in the afterlife The Great Pyramids at Giza are surrounded by cemeteries for the ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

Giza's three pyramids and the Sphinx were constructed in the fourth dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom, arguably the first great civilization on earth. Today, Giza is a suburb of rapidly growing Cairo ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and ...

The well-preserved walls of the tomb show scenes of offerings and depictions of daily life, providing a valuable glimpse into the Old Kingdom of Egypt. Titi Nep-Fu's burial site was concealed behind a ...

Tracing the origins of Egypt's unique visual style ... and the statuary and painting of the Old Kingdom. Sooke is amazed by the technical prowess of ancient artists whose skills confound ...