Egypt's greatest mysteries—lost tombs, cryptic texts, and eerie curses—continue to intrigue, with leading theories offering ...

Ahram Weekly continues tour of world Egyptological collections after the soft opening of Egypt’s Grand Egyptian Museum with a ...

While the same tombs and temples are there to admire after thousands of years, and remote river scenery is much the same as ...

L'Atelier des Lumières also takes us to the country's major cities, to discover Egypt's spiritual, cultural and political centers. Festivals and processions, cults, tributes: divinities are celebrated ...

Life-sized painted bust of the queen, 47 cm high. With the flat-cut blue wig, which also has a ribbon wrapped around it ...

Initially, experts believed 'The Elder Lady' might have been Queen Nefertiti, who ruled during the 18th dynasty as the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten - Queen Tiye's son. But a lock of ...

After Akhenaten's death, events are somewhat obscure, although many scholars believe that Nefertiti may have continued to rule in her own right. Tutankhamun became pharaoh at the age of nine ...

Tutankhamun was born in around 1341BC – an unusual time in Ancient Egyptian history. His father, the so-called heretic pharaoh Akhenaten and his stepmother, the famed Nefertiti, had been ruling from ...

After Akhenaten’s death, events are somewhat obscure, although many scholars believe that Nefertiti may have continued to rule in her own right. Looking for something good? Cut through the noise ...

Join us for a talk that reviews the history of the Amarna Period and the lives of King Akhenaten and his Queen Nefertiti. It ...