SO’OUD ATEN, Egypt — It’s a familiar story: The whim of a leader upends citizens’ lives and leads them into the wilderness. In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Akhenaten was no different. Determined that his ...

The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.

The £760 million megaproject for the first time displays all of King Tutankhamun’s funeral treasures in one place.

As Egypt celebrates the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), Ahram Online revisits rare photos of the Golden King collection from its first display at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir in the early ...

The plague theory emerged primarily from ancient texts rather than physical evidence. Hittite plague prayers from the late 14th century BC describe a devastating epidemic that allegedly originated ...

A French team of archaeologists have made a remarkable discovery - the ruins of a 3,400-year-old Egyptian town near the modern-day city of Alexandria, that was possibly built by the legendary King ...

After years of delays, the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum – set to be the world’s largest devoted to ancient Egypt – will ...

The discovery of Akhenaten -- The private tombs of Amarna -- The tombs in the Royal Wadi -- The boundary stelae -- The buried evidence: the early finds -- The buried evidence: the later finds -- The ...

Dabbs of Southern Illinois University and Anna Stevens of Monash University reviewed the archaeological and bioarchaeological ...

The 17-year reign of Akhenaten ranks among the most dramatic in all of ancient Egyptian history. Born Amenhotep IV, he ...

The study said his father was most likely Akhenaten, the pharaoh who tried to revolutionize ancient Egyptian religion and force his people to worship one god. The mummy shown by DNA to be that of ...