Did a bankrupt Egypt attempt to hitch an anonymous ride for an unpopular pharaoh into immortality? His 225 personal retainers ...

Archaeologists exploring a neglected corner of the Valley of Kings in Egypt have identified the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh of the New Kingdom. This marks the first such tomb found since 1922 when the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The name of Thutmose II is seen on ceramics found at the burial site — a discovery that enabled ...

Termites have turned parts of some of them into powder, while others have suffered only a thin layer of dust. Edwin Brock, an Egyptologist formerly at the American University of Cairo, is on his knees ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the long-lost tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II, marking the first discovery of a pharaoh’s burial site in over a century. Dr. Piers Litherland, who is leading the excavation ...

Deep in a vandalized tomb, explorers find the shattered sarcophagus of the heretic pharaoh—and a stunning secret. Carved into ...

Archaeologists found a new pharaoh's tomb at Anubis Mountain in Egypt. The tomb is from the mysterious Abydos Dynasty of warrior kings in a chaotic historical era. The pharaoh's identity is a mystery ...

This story is a collaboration with Biography.com. Thanks to his nearly 67-year reign during the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, which was full of impressive architectural and military achievements, ...

As the BBC reports, the team discovered the tomb of King Thutmose II in the Western valleys of the Theban Necropolis, near Luxor, Egypt. “It is an extraordinary moment for Egyptology and the broader ...

A fragment of the sarcophagus of Ramesses II. Photo: Kevin Cahail An engraved stone slab found under a Coptic building in Abydos, Egypt, is part of the sarcophagus of Ramesses II, according to a team ...

Long before Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, Ankhnespepy II amassed unprecedented political and religious power. Here's how.