Once again Saqqara reveals more of it’s hidden secrets to us, as archaeologists on a different site in Saqqara have found ...

For centuries, depictions of Cleopatra have emphasised her beauty and romantic entanglements – much more so than her ...

The Second Intermediate Period is one of the least understood phases of ancient Egypt. While the Hyksos and the 17th Dynasty in Thebes are well-documented, the role of Abydos is still speculative.

He went to Egypt as a simple soldier of the High Gate, but soon became a commander and eventually a pasha. He led Egypt towards progress, independence, state-creation and created the Albanian royal ...

The native Egyptian kings were pushed south to Thebes, and the divided country entered its second Intermediate Period (mid-13th Dynasty to 17th Dynasty c. 1650-1550 BCE).

(3) drafting the Book of the Dead? The Petrie Museum also preserves one ostracon (UC 13248) with parts of the opening phrases of Book of the Dead chapter 17. The Book of the Dead is rarely found on ...

Exploring Grand Palaces, seeing Egyptian mummies and gazing at the Holy Shroud are some of the things to do in Turin. This ...

The dynasty was founded in 305 B.C. after Alexander the Great of Macedonia took Egypt in 332 B.C. and one of his generals, Ptolemy, became Ptolemy I.

The archaeologists also found the remnants of Hatshepsut's Valley Temple, rock-cut tombs dating back to the Middle Kingdom (1938 B.C. - 1630 B.C.), burial shafts from the 17th dynasty, the tomb of ...