Gold was extracted from Egyptian mines through forced labor to finance the wars and expansion of the ancient kingdom.

The rise and fall of the ancient Egyptian empire was hinged to changes in the Nile, explains Hader. Looking back on a society that rose to power by tapping into the local ecosystem can teach ...

Archaeologists in Luxor, Egypt, have made a new discovery by unearthing ancient Egyptian tombs of officials who worked in the Egyptian government. They say it may lead to more cultural tourism.

E xcavations at Tell el-Fara’in in Egypt revealed an ancient city from the final years of the Egyptian empire, which once thrived here, dating back to the 4 th century BCE.

"In the six decades of his reign, Egyptian empire flourished, prospered and Ramses secured and expanded the country's borders," Dreyfus said. One of the exhibition's organizers, ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of an ancient Egyptian fortified royal retreat. The mud-brick rest house was uncovered at the archaeological site of Tel Hebwa in the north of the Sinai ...