As far as Egyptian iconography is concerned, this is a unique representation of female power. NARRATOR: Who is this woman? Her title is god's wife of Amun. To understand how a woman might attain ...

Fragments of a statue found at a 1st-century site bear faint traces of a ram’s head and may depict the god Amun. In its 3,000-year history as a state, ancient Egypt had a complicated ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Read about the Egyptian zodiac signs and delve a little deeper into your natural personality, life purpose, and destiny. That ...

The city of Thônis-Heracleion was once Egypt's largest port on the Mediterranean Sea, controlling trade for centuries before ...

Feb. 12, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Follow archaeologists as they discover a long-lost ancient cemetery in Egypt’s sacred ...

Archaeologists and historians reveal how the ascent of The God’s Wife of Amun lifted some women to the highest echelons of religious, political, and financial power in the ancient Egyptian empire.

The name Nesyamun means "The one belonging to the God Amun" and would have been a ... as well as explaining Egyptian culture. His coffin gives an insight into his daily life and his beliefs ...

The Steamboat Springs Police Department received its first-ever K-9 last week as part of an effort to “fight drugs,” ...