Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis near the Nile River have uncovered a 3,500-year-old burial site of a ...

Elephantine, a town at Egypt's southern frontier near modern-day Aswan, provides a unique window into the urban life of some ...

King Tutankhamun's legacy continues to fascinate, nearly a century after his tomb's discovery. Recent research unveils that ...

Although many statues of Hatshepsut were intentionally broken, the reason behind their destruction has nothing to do with her ...

Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...

Re-assessment of damaged statues depicting the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut questions the prevailing view that they were ...

A carved panel found at Nimrud depicts Assyrian soldiers swimming across a river and using inflatable goat skins as floaties.

Ritual ‘retirement’ rather than family feud might explain why so many figures of the female pharaoh are broken and cracked.