was from a noble Egyptian family, but Amenhotep III's harem grew to include princesses from great powers such as Babylon and Mitanni—a common method of cementing alliances in the ancient world ...

Amenhotep III (a granite head from the temple complex ... a religious system that was older than Islam is today. The ancient Egyptian set of beliefs, with its focus on death and the afterlife ...

A newly unearthed settlement in Egypt’s north-western Nile Delta dates back around 3,400 years to the New Kingdom era and ...

A 3,000-year-old Pharaonic inscription of Ramses III has been found in Jordan’s Wadi Rum, revealing Egypt’s ancient ties.

II. IT has often been maintained that the Aton-cult instituted by Ōkhnatōn (Amenōphis IV.) displays non-Egyptian features and is in a large measure the product of foreign influences. I hope ...

Passover, the "holiday of freedom", is also the "holiday of Spring" in the Torah - and is "the Spring of the entire world" in the words of Rav Avraham Yitschak HaCohen Hook, Israel's first chief rabbi ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Ancient humans living about 15,000 years ago in present day Morocco may have ritualistically feasted on some of the world’s ...

A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...

Ancient Egyptians regularly mummified crocodiles in elaborate ceremonies in dedication to their crocodile god Sobek. A study of one of these crocodiles reveals details about the animal’s death ...