Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. Through a wealth of spectacular buildings, personal artefacts and amazing tombs, Joann brings to life ...

The ancient Egyptians were ruled by kings and queens were called pharaohs ... These short animated videos explore Ancient Egypt. There are five films devoted to key themes - such as the River ...

It can all be, I have to admit, rather overwhelming and I’d suggest anyone planning a Nile cruise should swot up a little on ...

The first-century B.C. Cleopatra immortalized by Plutarch, Shakespeare and Elizabeth Taylor was merely the seventh, and last, in the line of Cleopatras to rule Egypt in 193-30 B.C. Their claims to ...

Among the buried were 41 Kushite kings and queens ... the world’s most significant ancient wonders. So the next time someone ...

There were many queens in Meroë ... scholars to this mysterious culture that had absorbed the ancient traditions of pharaonic Egypt. Construction of the south and west cemeteries begins in ...

You'll find an array of queens, princesses and princes buried here, and one of Egypt's most elaborate tombs – the tomb of Nefertari (No. 66) – resides within this valley. Though most of the ...

The ancient ... During Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.), the valley became a royal burial ground for pharaohs such as Tutankhamun, Seti I, and Ramses II, as well as queens, high priests ...

Egytpologist Anthony Browder rates eight ancient Egypt scenes from movies and television ... Browder discusses famous pharaohs, kings, and queens depicted in "Exodus: Gods and Kings" (2014 ...