Sweets Before Supper A new celebration will honor women leaders from all regions of the Girl Scouts Eastern Washington and North Idaho Council, including guest ...

Female pharaohs such as Hatshepsut, Merneith, Sobekneferu (also known as Neferusobek), and Tawosret may lack Cleopatra’s celebrity, but they are proof that the idea of the pharaoh as head of ...

Examining the lives of Merneith, Neferusobek, Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, Tawosret, and Cleopatra, Kara Cooney's When Women Ruled the World is the perfect primer for anyone interested to learn about ...

Researchers excavating Meret-Neith;s grave in Abydos, Egypt, say that the sheer extravagance they have discovered suggests she may have been the first female pharaoh in ancient Egypt.

A female royal from the first ancient Egyptian dynasty was found buried in a lavish tomb. She was buried with 41 courtiers and servants, and dozens of wine jars. Researchers think she may have been ...

Neferusobek doesn't have the name recognition of Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, but she may have been the first woman to rule the ancient kingdom.

Nat Geo Live lecture series explores role of women in ancient Egypt at the Tobin Center Sunday Speaker Kara Cooney will delve into the history surrounding figures like Cleopatra, Neferusobek and ...

Neferusobek was the first woman to definitively take the title of King. Nefertiti is known more for her beauty than for bringing a fractured Egypt together.

Neferusobek was the first woman to definitively take the title of King. Nefertiti is known more for her beauty than for bringing a fractured Egypt together. What can we learn from how these women ...

An Egyptian mummy that, for decades, had been thought to be the remains of an ancient male priest had something unusual in its pelvis area.

Today’s Wonder of the Day was inspired by Anuja. Anuja Wonders, “Was the Egyptian Sobek real?” Thanks for WONDERing with us, Anuja! Who was Sobekneferu? She was the first woman to become pharaoh of ...

In the 12th dynasty (ca. 1985-1773 B.C.), Neferusobek, the wife of the dead king, stepped forward to rule and guided Egypt. In Dynasty 18 (ca. 1550-1295 B.C.), When the king died after only three ...