The monumental, square tomb complex of queen Meret-Neith in Abydos, Egypt. New excavations of the ancient Egyptian queen Meret-Neith's tomb have yielded riches, suggesting she may have been Egypt's ...

A photographic exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo’s Tahrir Square is revealing the unmatched beauty of Queen ...

Jada Pinkett Smith’s new Netflix documentary series on Cleopatra aims to spotlight powerful African queens. “We don’t often get to see or hear stories about Black queens, and that was really important ...

Ancient statue discovered at Egyptian temple may be rare Roman bust of Cleopatra - Not everyone is convinced statue belongs ...

Archaeologists have made a massive new discovery that could redefine what scholars know about ancient Egypt as experts say the findings could “reconstruct history”. The remains of the tomb of an ...

Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing “African Queens” docu-series “Queen Cleopatra,” which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched counterprogramming plans ...

On a sunny afternoon on Dec. 6, 1912, an Egyptian worker at a dig along the banks of the Nile came across what may be the most striking find in the history of Egyptology. Ludwig Borchardt, the German ...

The Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is a beloved figure in global history because she was a powerful female pharaoh, which was exceptionally rare. For 100 years, the popular theory held that, after her ...

The discoveries of an archaeological team in Egypt are fueling speculation that a woman could have been one of the first pharaohs of the ancient kingdom. A team in Abydos, which is an area along the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Of all the ancient Egyptians who wore kohl, Queen Nefertiti reigns supreme. But the elusive royal was far ...

Excavations of the tomb of ancient Egyptian queen Meret-Neith reveal she was an influential figure with "unusually high levels of authority," but experts are divided about whether she actually reigned ...