The 17th dynasty spanned from about 1635 to 1550 B.C. when parts of Egypt were controlled by a foreign people called the Hyksos. At the cemetery, several coffins held the remains of ancient Egyptians.

In a number of child burials dating to the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th Dynasty, we found shallow burials of young children with simple but beautiful terracotta dolls, which were all that ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt unveiled several discoveries near ... Middle Kingdom (1938 B.C. - 1630 B.C.), burial shafts from the 17th dynasty, the tomb of Djehuti-Mes and part of the Assassif Ptolemaic ...