Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who was likely King Tut's stepmother and may have ruled as a pharaoh in her own right. She lived during the 18th dynasty during the 14th century B.C., ...

It’s as if the Art Institute of Chicago has two new exhibits opening Monday in the same rooms. One is a display of monumental ancient Egyptian art, and the other is an exploration of one of ancient ...

As trinities were central to worship in ancient Egypt, so are they important to “Pharaohs of the Sun,” the complex and beautiful exhibition that opens Monday at the Art Institute of Chicago. The full ...

KV55 is a tomb in the Valley of the Kings that contained a cache of material and bodies brought from Amarna after Akhenaten’s reign. It lies only about 120 ft (36 m) across the valley floor from ...

Two mummies lying in the Valley of Kings could be the remains of Nefertiti and Ankhesenamun, the wife of Tutankhamun, with DNA tests expected to confirm whether or not the remains are the Ancient ...

Al-Nabi Al-Mafqood (The Lost Prophet Akhenaten), by Sherif Shaaban, (Cairo: Al Rowaq Publishing), 2022. In his latest book, historian and Egyptologist Sherif Shaaban PhD tackled one of the most ...

International newspapers several years ago reported the discovery of Queen Nefertiti’s mummy, citing an English researcher more interested in fame than science. Naturally, I opposed the publication of ...

Two reports from China prompted me to revisit head binding — intentionally molding babies’ heads into strange shapes. (See my blog post from June 13, 2016, Honey, I Squished the Kids’ Heads!) Known to ...

Assassin's Creed Origins ' Curse Of The Pharaohs DLC is full of mysterious riddles, and we want you to solve them. Snag high-level gear by finding the secret hideaways of Nefertiti, Akhenaten and ...

Two reports from China prompted me to revisit head binding — intentionally molding babies’ heads into strange shapes. (See my blog post from June 13, 2016, Honey, I Squished the Kids’ Heads!) Known to ...