Pharaoh Ramesses II holding an Egyptian passport may sound like something out of a bizarre pub quiz, but it’s not a joke. Credit: Colin Hepburn / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 It sounds like something out of ...

As Jews, we should make sure our fellow Jews are safe before worrying about those who have fomented or acted with violence ...

CAIRO, April 20 — Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of Pharaoh Userkaf’s son and a statue of Pharaoh Djoser during excavations in the Saqqara area south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, Sputnik ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...

Credit: Siri Challa Penn researchers, working in conjunction with Egyptian archaeologists and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have unearthed the tomb of an unknown pharaoh at Anubis ...

In the heart of Paris, the Luxor Obelisk rises high above the Place de la Concorde. This astonishing artifact was carved in ...

Carved from red granite, it was created under Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II (c. 1250 BC) and given to France in the 19th century. Until now, academics thought they had deciphered the hieroglyphs ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The symbol is frequently seen in ancient burials — especially on a type of ...

These texts, previously unnoticed, reveal new information about the reign of Ramesses II, the pharaoh who commissioned this monument at the entrance to ... used his daily walks to study the only ...