Inside Ancient Egypt is an up-close look at the daily lives of ancient Egyptians—as well as how they thought about death. Enter through a three-story replica of a mastaba, a type of ancient Egyptian ...

Here's something that might surprise you: ancient Egyptians called the river "Ar" or "Aur," meaning "black," a reference to the rich, dark sediment that the Nile's waters carried from the Horn of ...

Egypt reaffirms readiness to partner with Nigeria on heritage preservation as it unveils the world’s largest archaeological ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum, which opened on Nov. 4, includes a vast collection of Egyptian artifacts, including those from ...

Behind architecture and ancient treasures lies state strategy built on mega-projects and foreign capital to shore up strained ...

There's much more to ancient Africa than Egypt. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Many modern histories tend to focus on ancient ...

In recent years, Egyptologists’ understanding of the period of stability and prosperity that emerged at the end of the 4th millennium B.C.E. known as the Old Kingdom has begun to change. Excavations ...

Africa is home to some of the world’s oldest civilizations—nations whose histories span thousands of years, built on foundations of resilience, innovation, and cultural depth. These civilizations have ...

I’M standing open-mouthed on the edge of the desert, south-west of Cairo, the magnificent Great Pyramid of Giza directly in ...

The only people eligible to define Egyptian identity are Egyptians themselves, celebrating both customs in common and a rich and plural heritage.