Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who was likely King Tut's stepmother and may have ...

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This ancient queen of Palmyra conquered Egypt, captured Roman provinces, and nearly transformed her realm into an empire ...

On a sunny afternoon on Dec. 6, 1912, an Egyptian worker at a dig along the banks of the Nile came across what may be the most striking find in the history of Egyptology. Ludwig Borchardt, the German ...

The discoveries of an archaeological team in Egypt are fueling speculation that a woman could have been one of the first pharaohs of the ancient kingdom. A team in Abydos, which is an area along the ...

The New Kingdom Tomb of Queen Neith, along with a cache of 300 coffins and 100 mummies, was unearthed at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara. Egyptologist Zahi Hawass with one the newly discovered ...

The EP behind Netflix‘s Queen Cleopatra docu-drama has defended the casting of an actor of mixed heritage descent in the title role, stating that Adele James reflects the “multicultural nature of ...

In total, 22 mummies were on the move, including 18 kings and four queens. They mainly belong to the New Kingdom and are believed to be about 3,000 years old. There are many well-known parades, but ...

Egyptians say the influential streaming service is dragging an ancient queen into a modern, and decidedly Western, debate — about Black representation in Hollywood — in which she has no real place. By ...