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Netflix's Queen Cleopatra docuseries has caused an immense storm of controversy surrounding its depiction of Cleopatra VII Philopator as a black woman, and whilst Cleopatra herself was not black, there were indeed black pharaohs who ruled over Egypt at...

Archaeologists uncovered the upper part of a large statue of Ramesses II during excavations in Egypt’s Minya. Ramesses II, commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the 19th Dynasty during the New Kingdom period. He is widely...

Certain unexplained phenomena of a similar nature have appeared throughout time in various parts and cultures across the ancient world. These continue to puzzle scientists and researchers to this day and have each marked history and lore in their...

A 16-meter-long (52.5 ft) papyrus was discovered recently in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus by a team of archaeologists. It is the first complete papyrus text to be found in over a century. The discovery was made in Saqqara, a necropolis...

In the list of countries with the richest heritage, because Egypt's recorded history began earlier, Egypt comes out on top with ancient Greece just behind it. Egyptian culture began to solidify during the Narmer dynasty in approximately 3150 BC, while...

The face of Egypt's Pharaoh Ramesses II statue at Abu Simbel was met with a beam of sunlight this morning in a solar alignment phenomenon which rarely occurs. The ancient figure of Pharaoh Ramesses II is one of four seated...

A new discovery has been made by an archaeological team from Egypt, Germany, and Austria working in Upper Egypt. They found some 5,000-year-old wine inside sealed jars that had never been opened. This discovery was made in Queen Merneith's tomb...

An international team of scientists have reconstructed the face of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, who was still a teenager when he died more than three thousand years ago. Tutankhamun c. 1341 BC – c. 1323 BC was the antepenultimate pharaoh of the Eighteenth...

Archaeologists in Egypt may have found the oldest mummified body ever discovered in the country. Archaeologist Zahi Hawass, who served as Egypt's previous minister of antiquities, told CNN on Friday that the 4,300-year-old mummy was a wealthy and prominent man...

The ancient city of Buto in Lower Egypt is still unravelling its secrets as more discoveries come to light.