One of the largest naja cobras, the Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) can grow up to 8 feet (2.4 meters) long. This snake is famous in both mythology and history, and some believe it to have caused the ...

Cobra figurines from Amarna, New Kingdom (ca. 1550–1070 B.C.) Excavations of workers’ cemeteries in the short-lived capital city show that common people living there endured grim conditions ...