Evidence of textile workshops demonstrates that girls’ labour was valued enough to be documented in administrative records ...

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

The discovery provides information about how Ancient Egyptians may have dealt with pregnancy and maternal mortality.

The British archaeologist has been conducting field work with Egypt's antiquities minister ... I will give a 45 minute lecture including a Powerpoint presentation of data concerning the west ...

Ancient Egyptian images show children walking with canes ... in his work to bring vaccines to poor countries. “I met a woman in India whose child had polio,” he said.

She was one of ancient Egypt's most successful rulers, a rare female pharaoh who preceded Cleopatra by 1,500 years, but Queen ...

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

For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, Ph.D.

Archaeologists in Egypt recently discovered the tombs of three senior statesmen in a burial site in Luxor. The identities and professions of all three men were inscribed in their tombs, giving ...

The three deceased individuals, all men, each held important roles in ancient Egypt's temples and grain silos. So it's no surprise they were buried at the Dra Abu el-Naga cemetery, which is ...

More and more Egyptian women are joining the labour market according to statistics, but are there enough to bring about equality? Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics ...