A PLOS ONE paper places Ahmose's reign over Egypt decades after the famous Thera volcanic eruption in the Aegean Sea, with ...

Important new discoveries at the Tel Habuwa dig east of the Suez Canal shed light on the campaign by Ahmose I (c.1550–1525 BC) against the Hyksos invaders A team of Egyptian archaeologists digging at ...

When Ahmose (reigned from c1550 – 1525 BC) became king, Egypt was in crisis. It was occupied in the north and threatened in the south. It was a shadow of its former self. But by the time he died, ...

This concluding section of the Neues Museum tour details the climax and subsequent collapse of Egypt's prosperous Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) and the beginning of the glorious New Kingdom (18th ...

22 mummies will be transferred during the parade from their current place at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to their final exhibition destination at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in ...

An inscription on a 3,500-year-old stone block from Egypt that could be one of the world’s oldest weather reports could help rewrite the history of a Pharoah. A new translation of a 40-line ...

In 1560 BC, Egypt was divided into two. Its very existence was threatened from both north and south. But one family was determined to restore Egypt to its former glory. One by one, the King of Thebes ...

One of these days, Hollywood will make a movie about Egypt’s New Kingdom. It’s a magnificent story about redemption, power, greed, revenge, religion and decline, all set in the world’s first genuine ...

An inscription on a 3,500-year-old stone block from Egypt may be one of the world’s oldest weather reports—and could provide new evidence about the chronology of events in the ancient Middle East. A ...

STORY: Archeologists have uncovered more than 1,000 decorated stone blocks from the foundation of an 18th dynasty pharaonic queen's valley temple in Luxor. Queen Hatshepsut died in about 1458 B.C. and ...

A team of archaeologists excavating a palace in the ancient city of Avaris, in Egypt, has made a gruesome discovery. The archaeologists have unearthed the skeletons of 16 human hands buried in four ...