A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and ...

The king's mummy and sarcophagus are missing from the royal tomb, which is the second of its kind unearthed this year ...

Alexandria grew rapidly and became a major centre of the Ancient Greek Hellenic civilisation, eventually replacing Memphis (in present-day Greater Cairo) as Egypt’s capital. It retained this status ...

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

The cities of Memphis (the capital of ancient Egypt) and Thebes (modern-day Luxor) are highlighted in red. | Credit: PeterHermesFurian via Getty Images A number of names were used for Egypt.