Important new discoveries at the Tel Habuwa dig east of the Suez Canal shed light on the campaign by Ahmose I (c.1550–1525 BC) against the Hyksos invaders A team of Egyptian archaeologists ...

Ancient Egypt was once ruled by a dynasty of foreigners known as the Hyksos, but new evidence shows that this takeover wasn't an invasion from a distant land.

Egyptian rulers were able to hold them off until about 1650 B.C., when the Hyksos, growing more militarily powerful, captured the ancient royal city of Memphis in a decisive victory that brought ...

PLOS. (2020, July 15). Hyksos, 15th Dynasty rulers of Ancient Egypt, were an internal takeover. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2020 / 07 / 200715142256.htm ...

The ancient tomb, found in Abydos, Egypt, is thought to belong to a pharaoh who ruled 3,600 years ago, during a time of violence and instability in the country ...

The tomb of an unknown pharaoh has been discovered by archaeologists in Egypt - but the king's name has been lost to the ages, with researchers now scrambling to find out who he was ...

The Second Intermediate Period is one of the least understood phases of ancient Egypt. While the Hyksos and the 17th Dynasty in Thebes are well-documented, the role of Abydos is still speculative.

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.

Although the Hyksos were described by the Ptolemaic Egyptian historian Manetho as “invaders of an obscure race” who conquered the region by force, recent research has shown that they descended ...

READ MORE: Hyksos people who usurped Egyptian pharaohs were NOT invaders; By JONATHAN CHADWICK FOR MAILONLINE. Published: 11:21 EDT, 5 April 2023 | Updated: 12:10 EDT, 5 April 2023 .

The recently discovered severed hands were excavated from a site called Tell El-Dab (ancient Avaris) in the courtyard of a palace that seems to have been occupied by the Hyksos Khayan (c. 1700 ...