The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and ...

Scientists have uncovered 12 severed hands buried in ancient Egyptian burial pits ... in the Hyksos palace located in the ancient city of Avaris, modern-day Tell el-Dab'a. The severed hands ...

Rameses I was born in the mid-14th century B.C. His home lay near Avaris, a town in northern Egypt situated on the far side of the great fan-like Nile Delta from where Alexandria sits today (see map).