Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

Near the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...

The Giza Plateau, home to the Great Pyramids and Sphinx, continues to fuel debate about how ancient Egyptians achieved such remarkable precision. From granite boxes with tight tolerances to massive ...

Marriage contracts and family roles reveal limits to female independence in ancient Egypt, as eldest sons held lasting power.

When archaeologists first started unearthing statues of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 1920s, they noticed ...

Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...

Re-assessment of damaged statues depicting the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut questions the prevailing view that they were ...

Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be ...

July Has 2 Birth Flowers to Choose From—Here's What They Symbolize originally appeared on Parade.

Royal occupation A sunken chamber in Amenhotep II’s tomb holds his sarcophagus, which— to the astonishment of the tomb’s discoverers—still contained the king’s mummy in 1898.

From the spotted Egyptian Mau to the elegant Turkish Angora, these are the oldest breeds that still exist today ...