Archaeologist Pierce Litherland has traced Thutmose II's burial to a deliberately concealed second tomb in the Western Wadis, buried beneath 23 metres of limestone flakes, car-sized boulders, and ...

The French-bob wig shown on a statue of Lady Hekenu in the fifth dynasty differs from the Gidget flips worn by Ukh-Hotep’s wives in the 12th dynasty, which look nothing like the elaborate braided wigs ...

Thutmose II’s tomb was found in the Western Wadis near Luxor, beneath a waterfall that later flooded the burial chamber. Blue ceilings painted with yellow stars and fragments of alabaster jars bearing ...

After the Valley of the Kings, the next place we headed to, which is just a short drive away, was the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.Nestled against the sheer cliffs of the rocky mountains (Deir ...

Could Ramses II have been the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh mentioned in the Biblical and Quranic accounts of the Exodus, asks Nevine El-Aref ...

Zahi Hawass continues the story of the discovery and identification of Queen Hatshepsut’s mummy thousands of years after her death It was time for me to go to see the original tomb of Hatshepsut — ...

For more than 4,500 years, the Great Pyramid of Giza has guarded its architectural secrets behind millions of tons of solid limestone. However, a major revelation is brewing beneath the desert sands.

Egyptian authorities have revealed a significant archaeological breakthrough, which is the discovery of the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II, who ruled Egypt for a short time around 1,480 BC.

She was one of ancient Egypt's most successful rulers, a rare female pharaoh who preceded Cleopatra by 1,500 years, but Queen Hatshepsut's legacy was systematically erased by her stepson successor ...

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