Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who was likely King Tut's stepmother and may have ruled as a pharaoh in her own right. She lived during the 18th dynasty during the 14th century B.C., ...

Long before Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, Ankhnespepy II amassed unprecedented political and religious power. Here's how.

Image Credit: Tancredi Scarpelli - Public Domain/Wiki Commons. Cleopatra VII is one of those historical figures whose name sparks instant recognition, but how much do we really know about her? Pop ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered about 20 ancient burials, some of which contain gold idols fashioned to look like the deities Isis, Bastet and Horus. When you purchase through links on our ...

The Egyptian gods have gathered in New York. From the falcon-headed Horus to the lioness Sakhmet, the shrouded Osiris to the cow goddess Hathor and the sky-bending Nut, these divine beings—drawn from ...

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

As the level of consciousness continues to rise in our world, our attention and interest towards ancient knowledge deepens. This is particularly the case with Egypt, a place many of us are returning ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. That would be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s been more than a decade since the ...

Wait until you see the sandals. They’re weightlessly elegant, made from some sort of natural fiber, woven into a tight pattern that looks a little like snakeskin. The sole is paper-thin, and the ...