An archaeological discovery near Aswan in southern Egypt could help better understand the birth of the country's first ruling ...

Pharaohs, Maharajas, and the Making of a Multipolar World Examples from non-Western history offer more promising precedents for the end of U.S. hegemony.

Long before ancient Egyptians swaddled their pharaohs in balm-and-resin-soaked linens and placed them in treasure-bedecked tombs, their more egalitarian predecessors were using essentially the ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations.

Hemanhene Nana Apau Wiafe Ababio Sanwoansan has drawn a connection between the Akan ancestors and the Egyptian Pharaohs, suggesting that some of these ancient structures bear Akan names.

While the Indus-Sarasvati region provided Sumer with essentials like food, timber, spices, and lapis lazuli, Egypt’s primary ...

"Rise Of The Black Pharaohs," premiering Wednesday, October 1, 2014 on PBS, features exciting new archaeological finds in Sudan that are revealing the truth about the great Kush dynasty.

Archaeologists have uncovered predynastic tombs that date back to before the times of Egypt's pharaohs. The tombs are over 5,000-years-old and were discovered where the Nile River drains into the ...