The Nile Delta and most of Egypt north of Abydos were ruled at this time by the Hyksos—a foreign dynasty from the East—while most of the south was ruled by pharaohs from the ancient city of ...

MUMMIFICATION of sacred animals is a familiar practice in the annals of Ancient Egypt, especially in the ... on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes, by an expedition of the Metropolitan Museum ...

The river Nile was life in ancient Egypt, providing a fundamental source of water and fertile silt while simultaneously offering protection and spiritual strength.

one of Egypt’s oldest cities about 300 miles south of Cairo and roughly six miles from the Nile River. Ancient Egyptian mythology held that Abydos served as the burial place for Osiris ...

A newly discovered settlement in the north-western Nile delta was built by the Egyptian New Kingdom perhaps 3500 years ago ...

The burial chamber discovered in January at Abydos, an important city in ancient Egypt located about 10 km (6 miles) from the Nile River, was bare - apparently long ago plundered by grave robbers.

From 1570 to 1069 B.C., this city was the capital of Egypt, and every pharaoh who came ... and Karnak complexes on the east bank of the Nile, which remain awesome even today.