In fact, it was such a significant civilization that people who study ancient Egyptian history have a special name: Egyptologists. Keep reading to learn all about why ancient Egypt was so influential.

This is a painting that dates back thousands of years to Ancient Egypt. Artworks like this tell ... greatest and longest-lasting civilisations in history, grew up along the banks of one the ...

Religious beliefs changed a lot during Ancient Egyptian history. But what remained the same was the important role that gods and goddesses played in people's lives, their deaths and their journey ...

The ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun was buried in a tomb filled with treasure. When Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the chamber in 1922, he logged its contents: chariots, furniture, ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...

“The Quest for Immortality” focuses largely on the New Kingdom (1550-1069 B.C.), Egypt’s grand imperial age. Beginning with the 18th Dynasty, this 500-year span was the era of ancient Egypt ...

destroying their statues and stelae to erase their names from history. A small chapel tomb (ca 13th century B.C.) at the necropolis of the ancient city of Deir el Medina, near Luxor in Egypt.

Two major discoveries have been made in Sohag Governorate in a remarkable archaeological breakthrough, shedding new light on Egypt’s ancient past. A joint Egyptian-American team from the ...

These artifacts highlight ancient Egypt's belief in the protective power of jewelry and reveal the craftsmanship and religious significance of the era. In ancient Egypt, jewelry was believed to ...

At such a critical moment in US history ... final ruler of Egypt, Cleopatra VII, lover of Mark Antony and Julius Caesar, died closer to the modern era than the beginning of Ancient Egypt.