As its name suggests, the Valley of the Kings is where dozens of pharaohs were laid to rest. In fact, you'll find 63 royal tombs here, including notable pharaohs like Tutankhamun (or King Tut), Ay ...

During Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.), the valley became a royal burial ground for pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests, and other elites of ...

Unlike dozens of early pharaohs who were buried in or around pyramids or later pharaohs who were interred at the Valley of ...

As Kathleen Sheppard explains in “Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age,” this “change-of-air cure” was popular among the British elite.

This era marked a golden age of art, architecture, and trade. The Valley of the Kings, a remarkable archaeological site, reportedly holds 63 tombs discovered so far.

The face of the Pharaoh Amenhotep I who founded the Valley of the Kings and rewrote history in ancient Egypt has been revealed. A graphic designer used data from CT-scans to recreate his likeness.

As Kathleen Sheppard explains in “Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age,” this “change-of-air cure” was popular among the British elite.

In “Women in the Valley of the Kings,” Kathleen Sheppard introduces us to a group of 19th-century archaeologists who changed the field forever. By W. M. Akers W.M. Akers is the author of the ...