The death of Pope Francis brings to an end a Papacy that made history in many ways. Francis was the first South American pope ...

In 1269 the remains of Edward the Confessor, England’s only canonized ... were murdered by their uncle Richard III. Opening the tomb of King John (d. 1216) might tell us if the villain of ...

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered the tomb of Pharaoh Userkaf's son in Saqqara, revealing a rare pink granite false door and ...

Archaeologists excavating at Saqqara Necropolis found a 4,300-year-old tomb of a poorly known prince with a unique fake door, ...

King Charles III took a decisive step to clear the air about the royal tradition with his meaningful act amid speculation about the future of the monarchy. The monarch's office has left fans ...

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Hawass revealed that the mission found a statue ensemble depicting King Djoser, his wife, and their ten daughters for the ...

Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, claiming Mughal lineage, has appealed to the UN for protection of Aurangzeb's tomb. This follows violence in Nagpur over demands to remove the tomb. Tucy cites Indian law ...

The tomb is believed to belong to Prince Waserif-Re, son of King Userkaf, the founder of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty, which dates back more than 4,400 years. Little was previously known about the prince.

The gardens at Sandringham were first opened to the public by King Edward VII in 1908 and the Queen opened the main house to the public in 1977. There is also a no-fly zone over Prince William and ...

A newly unearthed settlement in Egypt’s north-western Nile Delta dates back around 3,400 years to the New Kingdom era and ...

work was under way on a grand royal tomb with long corridors and several rooms leading to a burial chamber. Perhaps because it was still unfinished at the time of his early death, the young king ...