Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

The skeletons were found buried in the ancient Abu Fatima cemetery in Nubia (now a region in Sudan). Of the 30 skeletons, 14 ...

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Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

However, the Mawlawiyya is so important in the customs accompanying Ramadan in Egypt that these young women dedicated themselves to it ... Radwa's troupe seeks to perform the Mawlawiyya in a ...

One thing that sets her apart? She wasn’t linked to the iconic Horus Falcon—the classic pharaonic stamp of approval. This ...

The so-called "screaming woman" was buried around 3,500 years ago during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut in Luxor, Egypt, and has long puzzled scientists who have now made a horror discovery ...

Now, for the second time in what is already proving to be a landmark year for the study of ancient Egypt, archaeologists ... a fabric cap and the skull of a woman in her 30s, suggest the site ...

Ancient Egyptian Mummified Bodies Smell 'Woody ... Ancient Genomes Reveal an Iron Age Society Centred on Women Jan. 15, 2025 — A groundbreaking study finds evidence that land was inherited ...