Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for senior Taliban leaders in Afghanistan over the ...

More than 4,000 years after the pyramids, Egypt’s leaders are pinning hopes on the Grand Egyptian Museum to revive national ...

The Kremlin said Tuesday it was "shocked" by the apparent suicide of its former transport minister Roman Starovoyt, a day ...

Yi Wong re-examines the destruction of Hatshepsut's statues, suggesting ritualistic deactivation rather than revenge by ...

The Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is a beloved figure in global history because she was a powerful female pharaoh, which was ...

I was soon joined by another female colleague, and over the next two years, more female colleagues joined our lab. The representation of females increased gradually, but my initial observation ...

Analysis - After the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut died around 1458 BCE, many statues of her were destroyed. Archaeologists believed that they were targeted in an act of revenge by Thutmose III, her ...

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