Ancient Egypt in North Africa was one of the most powerful and influential civilizations in the region for over 3,000 years, from around 3100 B.C to 30 B.C. It left behind numerous monuments, ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods: Osiris ...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt was inaugurating the long-delayed Grand Egyptian Museum on Saturday, the world’s largest museum dedicated to its ancient civilization — a megaproject also aimed at boosting the ...

Think about walking through ruins that have witnessed empires rise and fall, where kings once ruled and civilizations ...

Our understanding of ancient civilizations is constantly challenged by newly discovered ruins that defy mainstream historical and archaeological explanations. These fascinating remnants of the past ...

Looking for ancient Egypt -- Forty centuries -- Sacred signs -- Taken in the flood -- Walking like an Egyptian -- Vipers, vixens and the vengeful dead -- Out of Africa -- Counting the years -- Still ...

The pyramids do not merely rise from the desert; they occupy the collective psyche of the nation, standing as permanent ...

Here's how artists and designers have borrowed from the ancient civilization's rich visual vocabulary. A recreation of King Tutankhamun's death mask, on view at "Tutankhamun - His Tomb and his ...

Given the growing awareness of the museum field’s foundation in White colonial power, museums are now taking action, rallying around the word “decolonize” to expand community partnerships and remove ...

Cats might have been sacred in ancient Egypt, but they were far from cherished pets. Discover why our assumptions about their ...