The pyramids of ancient Egypt are enduring symbols of human ingenuity. Traditionally, they have been considered tombs for ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Amelia Blanford Edwards was one of a stream of European travelers drawn to see the wonders of Egypt ...

Every now and then, the great pyramids of Egypt are linked to a new discovery that raises more and more questions about the ...

Tombos became an important center after the Egyptian conquest of Nubia around 1500 BCE, during the reign of Thutmose I, who ruled about 170 years before Tutankhamun. Ruins of at least five clay ...

Following notes written by an English traveler in the early 19th century and two French pilots in the 1950s, Pierre Tallet made a stunning discovery: a set of 30 caves honeycombed into limestone ...

This is a tool that the Ancient Egyptians used. See the way it's a bit broken? Well, that's because it's very old. We call this kind of object an artefact. An artefact gives us a little window ...

Pyramids FC winger Ibrahim Adel is confirmed to miss Egypt’s game against Sierra Leone in the 6th round of the Africa 2026 ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...

When someone thinks of pyramids, Egypt springs to mind straight away. And that’s unsurprising considering how big of a tourist attraction it’s become. But few people know there is a country ...