The discovery was made by Egyptology lecturer Dr Ken Griffin on International Women's Day. WATCH: Egyptian pharaoh statue of Ramses II is 'big discovery' Egypt extracts torso of 'Pharaoh Ramses II ...

Queen Nefertiti co-ruled with Pharaoh Akhenaten, whose reign transformed ancient Egypt's religion and gender roles in the ...

The job of ruling over ancient Egypt was largely thought of as a man ... world-famous Egyptologist Howard Carter succeeded in locating the female pharaoh’s empty sarcophagus in the Valley ...

but she ruled over Egypt long before. She was the second woman known to have assumed the throne, and wins a spot in our top trumps of formidable queens. The only female pharaoh before her was ...

An effort was made to erase Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh, from Egypt's records after her death. Her records were destroyed, her statues were smashed, her monuments were defaced, and her great ...

Hatshepsut was the longest reigning female pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. She is considered one of the most successful pharaohs. She commissioned hundreds of grand buildings and established important ...

The mummified body of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been studied for the first time in millennia after being digitally "unwrapped". The mummy of Amenhotep I, who ruled from 1525 to 1504 BC ...

Now researchers excavating her grave in Abydos, Egypt, say that the sheer extravagance they have discovered suggests she may have been the first female pharaoh in ancient Egypt. If they are right ...

Stairway to HeavenThe step pyramid in Saqqara, south of Giza, was Egypt’s first. Built for the 3rd-dynasty pharaoh Djoser in 2650 B.C., the 204-foot structure was built of stone instead of ...

After the Nubian pharaohs lost power, they retreated south from Egypt to form the Kingdom of Kush, which thrived in splendid isolation as the rest of Egypt suffered through repeated invasions from ...