Ancient Egypt is best known for the pyramids of Giza ... where the mummies of pharaohs and other important people, like nobles and government officials, were buried when they died.

Tombos became an important center after the Egyptian conquest of Nubia around 1500 BCE, during the reign of Thutmose I, who ...

Back in Ancient Egypt there was no such thing as money ... next most important people in society were government officials, nobles and high priests. But most Ancient Egyptians were just ordinary ...

The ancient Egyptians built massive public monuments ... of the Kings—lies on the Nile's west bank near Luxor. During Egypt's New Kingdom (1539-1075 B.C.), the valley became a royal burial ...

NOVA: There have been claims that a great civilization predates ancient dynastic Egypt—one that existed ... east side of the Great Pyramid for the nobles, the family of the King Khufu.

His tomb is one of more than 500 found in the Valley of the Nobles in ancient Thebes. Like most such tombs, Rekhmire's featured a reverse T shape, with a shallow front chamber followed by a long ...