In ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. One of the most mysterious and ...

Everything you ever wanted to know about Ancient Egypt. Dan is joined by Dr Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and Sudan at the ...

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

The complete genome of an ancient Egyptian has been sequenced, revealing genetic links between the Nile and Mesopotamia 5,000 ...

Discover how to create a stunning Egyptian-themed artwork using decoupage, texture paste, and stenciling on an MDF board.

Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...

New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of years ago. Before that, the area was too flooded for settlement, making ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ever sequenced. A mosaic death mask believed to have belonged to the Maya ...

Mohamed Salah's Egypt defeated Benin 3-1 after extra time at to reach the AFCON 2025 quarter-finals. Marwan Attia curled in superbly from the edge of the box, before Jodel Dossou tapped in to level ...

Egypt, third millennium b.c. The Great Pyramid of Giza is both the oldest of the Seven Wonders and the only one still standing. Built by the pharaoh Khufu (reigned ca. 2551–2528 b.c.) to serve as his ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

Mohamed Salah scored in stoppage time at the end of extra time against Benin Franck Fife/AFP via Getty Images In Tamraght, a dry village on a hillside 15 kilometres north of Agadir, the main street is ...