Around 3,500 years ago, the ancient town of Tombos sat along the Nile River in a region called Nubia, which had been conquered by the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose I (he ruled about 170 years before ...

A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago ...

The pharaoh's identity is a mystery for now ... Centuries later, researchers examined the skeleton and found 22 traumatic wounds in his bones, including battle-ax blows that cracked his skull.

By Alan Yuhas Archaeologists have unearthed the huge tomb of an unknown pharaoh at an Egyptian necropolis, a team of researchers said on Thursday, in the second discovery of a king’s tomb this year.

His enduring legacy owes much to the spectacular discovery of his tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter, which revealed more than 5,000 artifacts—including his iconic gold mask—almost ...

King Thutmose II was the fourth Pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty, and is thought to have reigned from about 1493 BC to 1479 BC. He died at the age of 30. King Thutmose II was married to Queen ...

The young pharaoh's untimely death at just 18 has baffled experts for over a century. But now, cutting-edge genetic research has uncovered the strongest clues yet as to what brought his short life ...