Only living into her mid-20s, Ankhesenamun became the Queen of Egypt during the 18th Dynasty when she married King Tut.

Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C.

Egypt’s State Information Service also shared photos of the tomb’s artifacts in a March 21 Facebook post. A gold ring found in the ancient military leader’s tomb.

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of grandeur, and this is evident in the colossal statues displayed throughout the museum’s Egyptian galleries. One of the most striking is the bust of Ramesses ...

Cleopatra, the Greek queen of Ancient Egypt was depicted by Heinrich Faust in 1876. Credit: Public Domain Cleopatra VII Philopater ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of ...

Archaeologists in Egypt unearthed 4,600-year-old ‘well’ tomb and brick tombs, other burials and an ancient mummy in a Greco-Roman catacomb. Photo from Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

A common misconception about ancient Egypt is that everyone was mummified and put into extravagant sarcophaguses. However, historians have shown this to be incorrect. Credits: Dada, CC BY-SA 3.0, via ...

CAIRO (AP) — The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt in its main galleries starting this week in a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening, ...

Retropolis Sword with pharaoh’s mark found in Egypt, still shimmering 3,000 years later The bronze sword was unearthed by archaeologists at an ancient fort in the Nile Delta. It was emblazoned ...