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Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

When Egyptologists excavated the site of Deir el-Bahri in Luxor in the 1920s, they were shocked to find that the statues of ...

Warfare was a way of life for many Ancient Egyptian pharaohs. A new Sky HISTORY series sees why several of their battles are considered the stuff of legend.

Yi Wong re-examines the destruction of Hatshepsut's statues, suggesting ritualistic deactivation rather than revenge by ...

Hatshepsut, Her Royal Horus name was; Ma’at-ka-re which roughly translates to; “Goddess of Truth is the life force of the Sun God”. She was born in 1507 BCE as the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I and ...

The tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered in November 1922 by Howard Carter, but several members of the excavation team, including Carter's backer Lord Carnarvon, died mysteriously soon after.