Check out pics. Visitors pose for a group photo under the Hatshepsut statue at the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) Spanning a staggering 500,000 square metres, roughly the ...

Egypt is intensifying its diplomatic and military engagement in the Horn of Africa to counter regional security threats and protect its strategic interests in the Red Sea and Nile River basin, marking ...

Explore the stunning temples of the powerful female pharaoh Hatshepsut and the majestic Medinet Habu of Ramses III, uncovering stories of love, naval battles, and even a royal murder by a smuggled ...

For the first time since the boy king's tomb was discovered in 1922 all the items will stored in one place, a museum director ...

Head to the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, housing Tutankhamun’s treasures and Ramses the Great’s obelisk, near the Pyramids of Giza ...

In an extravaganza of pharaonic imagery with a drone light show depicting ancient gods and pyramids in the sky, Egypt on ...

In times of trouble, ancient Egypt often looked to its female rulers to restore and maintain power. From Hatshepsut to Cleopatra, women ruled, and ruled well, along the Nile. Some of the first wielded ...

The most powerful woman in Egypt since the Pharaoh Hatshepsut 100 years earlier, Queen Nefertiti was as influential as she was beautiful, a partner in power with her king, Akenhaten. Although ...

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Perhaps the greatest female pharaoh other than Cleopatra VII, Hatshepsut (ruled 1473-1458 B.C.) was not the first woman to take power as sole monarch in the Two Lands. But Hatshepsut made a true name ...

King Thutmose III, sixth Pharaoh of the 18 th Dynasty in Ancient Egypt, tried to erase all memory of Hatshepsut, the “Woman Who Was King”, but he was unsuccessful as traces of this powerful female ...

Hatshepsut ruled Egypt for over 20 years, transforming it into a peaceful and prosperous empire. From her daring claim to the throne to her massive temple at Deir el-Bahari, her legacy challenged ...