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

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, ...

One Egyptian mystery was “unwrapped” by computers this week. Egyptologists digitally unwrapped a 3,500-year-old pharaoh for the first time, giving historians insight into a new period of Egyptian ...

Here we see three images against a white background. Each image has several hand skeletons that are colored digitally in purples, greens and browns. In a gruesome exchange about 3,600 years ago, the ...

Facemask of the never-before unwrapped mummy of pharaoh Amenhotep I (S. Saleem and Z. Hawass) (CN) — Scientists using three-dimensional CT scanning have ‘unwrapped’ the mummy of the Pharaoh Amenhotep ...

Mudbrick EA 32689 (British Museum) from the Temple of Ahmose at Abydos, showing the stamped prenomen (throne name) Nebpehtire of Pharaoh Ahmose. Its radiocarbon dates support a low chronology for the ...

The Pyramids of Giza, seen here with the Milky Way in the background, are not Egypt's oldest pyramids. Pyramids are iconic symbols of the ancient pharaohs' power and technological prowess that still ...

From the noble officials of the Fourth Dynasty to the glittering jewelry and furniture of the 12th Dynasty, the Middle Kingdom reveals a world of power, artistry, and ambition. Discover the reigns of ...

This ancient mummy's secrets had remained hidden for 3,500 years, but modern technology recently let researchers peek inside without disturbing it at all. How researchers in Egypt used computerized ...