A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

As a result, some regard her as one of the greatest rulers – male or female – in ancient Egypt ... declared herself ruler of Egypt. Why was it believed her statues were destroyed in revenge? After her ...

Researchers from the University of Cambridge have uncovered an intact handprint in an ancient Egyptian tomb, a tangible ...

In a long-sought first, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of an ancient Egyptian person, revealing unprecedented insight about the ancestry of a man who lived during the time when the ...

Most of an ancient Egyptian’s ancestry is best explained using North African genomes — the rest, by genomes from Mesopotamia.

The individual lived 4,500 years ago, and his genome is offering new insights into ancient Egyptians and the lives they led.

For the first time, the complete genome of a person from ancient Egypt has been sequenced. The DNA was collected from the remains of an older man, possibly a potter, who lived over 4500 years ago ...

The sequencing of a genome extracted from the remains of an individual from ancient Egypt has revealed that 77.6% of their ancestry traces back to Neolithic North Africa, as defined by researchers ...

The 'elegant' face of an ancient Egyptian priestess whose singing was said to be able to calm the gods can be seen for the first time in 2,800 years.

We rounded up the most bizarre and interesting facts about Ancient Egypt that will answer all the questions you ever had about this civilization.