The second-largest city in the Roman Empire is now the second largest in Egypt. Here's what to know if you go.

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

According to Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, a team of French and Swiss researchers found the burial chamber in Saqqara, the necropolis of Memphis, the ancient capital city of Egypt.

Five thousand years ago Giza, situated on the Nile's west bank, became the royal necropolis, or burial place, for Memphis, the pharaoh's capital city ... How did the ancient Egyptians move ...

Named after the ancient city in Egypt, Memphis, Tennessee, has a historic reputation as a rowdy, Mississippi River town. It is also well known for the colorful characters that have made indelible ...

Evidence preserved in papyri and graffiti indicate ancient Greek and Roman tourists visited Egypt to admire the Egyptian civilization.

This piece of papyrus (ancient Egyptian paper) shows Pharaoh Ramesses III standing in front of the three Gods of Memphis: Ptah, Sekhmet and Nfertum. Ancient Egyptians decorated themselves with as ...