Egyptian officials say they have unearthed the first royal Egyptian tomb since King Tutankhamun’s burial site was found in 1922. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced the ...

The complex, including the pyramidal tomb, two flat-roofed mosque buildings, the mosque cemetery and the open-air assembly ground, was built when Gao became the capital of the Songhai Empire and after ...

For the first time in more than a century, since Howard Carter unearthed the final resting place of King Tut, Egyptologists have uncovered a decorated royal tomb in the Luxor area, west of the ...

Discovered in 1944, this tomb dates from the Hellenistic period, around the end of the 4th century BC. It is located near Seutopolis, the capital city of the Thracian king Seutes III, and is part of a ...

Egyptian officials announced on Tuesday the discovery of King Thutmose II's tomb in Luxor, a find described as "one of the ...

in the holy city of Mecca during Ramadan on July 14, 2015, on Lailat al-Qadr, or Night of Power, on which the Koran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad by Allah." Read next Jump to ...

Three years in the making, Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet travels in the footsteps of the prophet to the Arabian desert and the holy city of Mecca where much of Muhammad's story unfolded.

Dr Joann Fletcher enters the tomb of an ancient Egyptian architect called Kha. She travels to the Valley of the Kings to meet Steve Cross, who is an expert on tombs. Together they take a look at ...

Taking over from the organization's founder, Elijah Muhammad helmed the Nation of Islam ... Fard said he had come from Mecca, and he proclaimed a new belief, a variant of traditional Islam.

The birthplace of Muhammad, Mecca (the name means "blessed") is the holiest city of Islam and is the destination of Muslims making the sacred hajj (pilgrimage) from throughout the world. Normally ...