The tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II is the first royal crypt discovered in recent years, and scientists have new powerful tools to analyze it.

Queen Hetepheres I lived around 2600 BC during Egypt’s Old Kingdom, a time when silver was an exceptionally rare treasure to ...

Over 2,000 years later and Cleopatra's Pools at the site of ancient Hierapolis is still popular with visitors who wish to ...

Cleopatra was soon to become Queen of Egypt, the richest kingdom in the Mediterranean. With Caesar already notorious for his sexual energy, the two became lovers almost immediately. The following ...

The Egyptian queen has been a Berlin tourist attraction for over 100 years. But from the beginning, also at the heart of a bitter row. Many people believe she should be returned to Egypt.

Egypt's antiquities authority says it has found the ancient tomb of King Thutmose II, the first royal burial to be located ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum will house an 11-metre statue of Ramses II and over 100,000 artefacts, including Tutankhamun’s treasures.

Modern historians agree that the queen of Palmyra did not descend from ... annexing swaths of modern-day Syria, Turkey, and Egypt. Modern Europe has produced several illustrious women who have ...