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 ...

Egyptian histories refer to a Hyksos capital called Avaris. Egyptologists, tantalized by the possibility of learning what “foreign lands” the storied invaders hailed from, began looking for ...

But new research is challenging traditional narratives about the origins of the Hyksos. For nearly a hundred years, the Hyksos ruled parts of ancient Egypt during a vulnerable time known as the Second ...

A mysterious dynasty of foreigners may not have invaded and taken control of ancient Egypt as was long thought. Rather, the ethnic group known as the Hyksos seems to have seized power from within ...

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 ...

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.

The tomb of an unknown pharaoh has been discovered by archaeologists in Egypt - but the king's name has been lost to the ages ...

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 .

Egyptian warriors are believed to have offered the severed hands of their enemies to the Pharaoh in exchange for gold, specifically necklaces made of gold beads, as reported by Halk TV.

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 ...

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 ...