When most people think of Egypt, their minds inevitably wander to the Pyramids of Giza or the temples of Luxor. While these ...

About 3,300 years ago, in the early 13th century B.C., an Egyptian statue was made. It was carved from granite and contained ...

King Tutankhamun’s death mask may reveal new secrets, as experts suggest it was originally crafted for a queen or child.

Remains of an ancient temple of Aten in Amarna , Egypt. Credit: wikimedia commons / Markh CC BY-SA 3.0 Pharaoh Akhenaten, originally named Amenhotep IV (or Amenophis IV in Greek), changed his name to ...

A team of researchers from the University of York have said new overlooked details suggest the mask could have belonged to one of Egypt's most iconic figures.

The ear piercings caught her attention immediately as she is an Egyptologist who has been studying the ancient civilization for decades. Famed pharaohs like King Tut's great-grandfather, Amenhotep III ...

An overlooked feature on King Tutankhamun's death mask has revealed how the young ruler was buried. King Tut ruled during Egypt's 18th Dynasty, from 1332 BC to 1323 BC before he died at 19.

The name "Memnon" resulted from confusion over Greek inscriptions on a similar statue that led 19th-century Egyptologists to ...

although it actually depicted the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III; and in early Egyptology, all such statues were called "Memnons." The term "younger" was used to differentiate it from others ...

Who are the Nephilim and what do they represent? Are they biblical giants? What does the term literally translate to, and why does the brief mention of them in the Book of Genesis show resemblance to.

German archaeologist Hourig Sourouzian (C), who heads the project to conserve the Amenhotep III temple, speaks in front of a newly-displayed statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in Egypt’s temple city of ...

Two towering statues are attributed to 18th-dynasty Pharaoh Amenhotep III (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Two stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, standing guard in front of the ruins of his ...