The Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is a beloved figure in global history because she was a powerful female pharaoh, which was ...

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

The tomb of King Tutankhamun was discovered in November 1922 by Howard Carter, but several members of the excavation team, ...

In a startling development, archaeologists say these mysterious skeletons are the father and son of this legendary ruler.

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

IT is 40 years since King Charles, then Prince of Wales, first took an artist with him on a royal tour. The Sun’s celebrated ...

From historic artefacts and contemporary art to interactive exhibitions, London’s best museums have something for every ...

First a disclaimer: America has been responsible for appalling savagery in the past 250 years. There is no sugar-coating our sins, but as Immanuel Kant said, “Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no ...

Egypt has one of the longest histories of any country and alongside Mesopotamia was a part of the Fertile Crescent which is ...

ARCHAEOLOGISTS have unearthed hidden inscriptions inside Egypt’s Great Pyramid which could reveal who built the iconic ...

Combs founded Bad Boy Records in 1993 and had an early success that would thrust him into the centre of the hip hop scene and the violent East Coast-West Coast rivalry. One of his first big acts as a ...

Researchers have sequenced the genome of an ancient Egyptian who was buried in a pot nearly 5,000 years ago, about the time ...