Often our identity is comprised of many factors and many influences. Identity in the world of ancient Egypt is no exception. During Egypt's 25th Dynasty, Nubian kings occupied the pharaonic throne and ...

In 2300 B.C., an Egyptian official who had been dispatched to the African kingdom of Nubia to trade for ivory and ebony wrote to his pharaoh that he had received a special gift: a Pygmy. The pharaoh ...

If you are in Paris or planning to visit the City of Light this summer, the Louvre Museum is giving its visitors an opportunity to immerse in of the most amazing chapters of Ancient Black History in ...

A UNESCO World Heritage site and attraction in Egypt risks losing the village people who complement the ambience of the ancient tourist destination. A UNESCO World Heritage site and attraction in ...

A study of ancient Egyptian mummies has shown that schistosomiasis and malaria hounded the pharaohs. The Nile likely dictated which diseases were most common in ancient Egypt and Nubia. Thirty-one ...

When archaeologists began excavating the tomb inside a pyramid along the Nile in 2011, they assumed they would find the remains of a human. What they found was even more interesting: the final resting ...

Egypt will run DNA tests on an unidentified mummy to determine whether it is the pharaoh Tuthmosis I, who ruled over a period of military expansion and extensive construction, state news agency MENA ...