Creating the Grand Egyptian Museum has become a seemingly Sisyphean task, with years of delays suggesting it would be ...

Archaeologists in Jordan have documented a carved inscription bearing the name of Ramesses III, an Egyptian pharaoh who ...

Why in-the-know travelers are flocking to a chic hideaway in Luxor, once the capital of ancient Egypt.

Passover, the "holiday of freedom", is also the "holiday of Spring" in the Torah - and is "the Spring of the entire world" in the words of Rav Avraham Yitschak HaCohen Hook, Israel's first chief rabbi ...

In Egypt, ancient treasure dating back 3,300 years is being So'oud Aten. Dubbed the lost golden city, its residents left at the whim of Pharaoh Akhenaten.

Sowada recommends allowing a minimum of 10 days to explore, including the key sites in this guide. She also suggests that visitors take the time to savour the country beyond the monuments. "It is a ...

MUMMIFICATION of sacred animals is a familiar practice in the annals of Ancient ... III, while some of the linen and jar sealings bear titles of Hat-shepsut when she declared herself King of Egypt.

The mystery of what killed King Tutankhamun may finally be solved — after scientists unearthed groundbreaking DNA evidence.

King Tutankhamun, who ruled Egypt for nine years before dying at ... that King Tutankhamun's grandparents were Pharaoh Amenhotep III and his queen Tiye, both of whom also succumbed to malaria.

A team of scientists from Egypt's National Research Centre and ... DNA evidence links his grandparents to Pharaoh Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye - but the identity of his parents remains partly ...