The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history.

Archaeologists have unearthed a 'major' Egyptian town that was likely constructed by Akhenaten, father of the famous Tutankhamun. The settlement, founded as far back as the 18th Dynasty (c.

the last of the royal tombs from Egypt’s 18th Dynasty. The mummy of King Thutmose II had previously been discovered at a different site all the way back the 19th century. It is the first major ...

Archaeologists also found the remnants of hieroglyphic markings in the tomb's entrance identifying the royal ruler - but ... was the fourth Pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, and is thought to ...

It likely originated during the powerful 18th Dynasty ... Egypt's National Research Centre and Cairo University, working with two German DNA experts, examined tissue samples from several royal ...

Napoleon escapes to Paris; King Louis XVIII flees; Europe's monarchies call ... he was in the middle of the Egyptian desert, on his way to Cairo. He responded by bedding Pauline Fourès, the ...

Merneit holds a one-of-a-kind spot in the grand saga of Ancient Egypt. Acting as regent during the First Dynasty, she played a key role in cementing royal authority during ... that’s the equivalent of ...

Cleopatra was a daughter of Egypt – part of the Macedonian-Greek-Ptolemaic Dynasty that had ruled since the death ... Cleopatra planned to smuggle herself into Alexandria and inside the royal palace, ...

Think of Ancient Egypt, and you probably immediately ... where many high-ranking female officials of the 18th Dynasty were buried. 'Initially we thought we might have found the tomb of a royal wife,' ...