Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient ... called Black Pharaohs. The tomb of Queen Khennuwa in Meroë. The art adorning ...

(photo credit: Josef Wegner/Penn Museum/Handout via REUTERS) Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos ...

A popular ancient name for Egypt was "Kemet," which means the "black land ... beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. The country's ancient rulers are referred to today as "pharaohs," although in ...

A lesser-known period in Egyptian history has just been unearthed. Penn Museum and Egyptian archaeologists, alongside the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have discovered a massive ...

The discovery of yet another pharaoh’s tomb ... The topic at hand may be the ancient world, but the Grand Egyptian Museum is a thoroughly 21st century museum. As such, it boasts an impressive ...

Ancient Egyptians were ruled by a leader called a pharaoh and worshipped many different gods. Today, we can still see traces of this culture in archaeological sites and museums all over the world ...