of ancient Thebes with its necropolis. Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the middle and new kingdoms. With the...

the ancient, reader is his account of the marvels of the land of Egypt. From the priests at Memphis, Heliopolis, and the Egyptian Thebes he learned what he...

from Egypt by the Nubian 18th dynasty after ruling it for over 100 years. Among ancient references, we do seem to find in the Papyrus of Ani several...

but one fine gold ring could have once belonged to one of the most famous queens in Ancient Egypt, Nefertiti. This ring, bearing the royal cartouche, was...

of ancient Egypt. Ptolemy, one of the six somatophylakes (bodyguards) who served as Alexander the Great's generals and deputies, was appointed satrap of...

Hall - NMEC Considered the crown jewel of the museum, the Royal Mummies’ Hall is specially designed to display the mummies of the ancient Kings and Queens of Egypt. The design aims to give the visitor the feeling of strolling down the Valley of The Kings, where most of these mummies were...

in Egypt's Valley of the Queens. It was discovered by Ernesto Schiaparelli (the director of the Egyptian Museum in Turin) in 1904. Nefertari, which means "beautiful companion", was Ramesses II's favorite wife; he went out of his way to make this obvious, referring to her as "the one for whom the...

in southern Egypt, Luxor is one of the country's biggest tourist attractions. The ancient Pharaonic city of Thebes has been inhabited ever since about...©Shutterstock ​ The UNESCO World Heritage Site is home to numerous ancient settings, including the Karnak Temple Complex, the Valley of the Kings...

except queens) Royal women, priestesses included Very limited Narrative Style Mix of simple listing and complex narration Official, formalized...Social Functions of Genealogies and Modern Application Table 6: Comparison of Social Functions of Ancient Near Eastern Genealogies Social Function...

Hall - NMEC Considered the crown jewel of the museum, the Royal Mummies’ Hall is specially designed to display the mummies of the ancient Kings and Queens of Egypt. The design aims to give the visitor the feeling of strolling down the Valley of The Kings, where most of these mummies were...

the ancient exhibits, which are on a humbler scale, and include five decorated pots (a Kushite...with claws but no teeth, appear on the shoulder of a bulbous jar discovered in a cemetery in the...

pandemic. Last week, Egypt carried the remains of their country's ancient rulers through Cairo in a...spectacle saw 22 mummies - 18 kings and four queens - transported from the neo-classical...

Ramses’ special love for Nefertari. He built a magnificent tomb for her in the necropolis at the Valley of the Queens, or Ta Set Neferu (“the place of the beauties”) as the ancient Egyptians...

in Egypt, although more research needs to be done to figure that out. Part of the Tombos archaeological site, including some of the burials with small pyramids on their surfaces. (Image credit...

built for the kings and queens of ancient Kush. More royal tombs crop up in Nuri, further upstream...tombs belong to King Taharqa, the Black Pharoah who conquered Egypt, and King Nastasen, which...