Amenhotep III: The Pharaoh of Egypt’s Golden Age
Meet Amenhotep III — the pharaoh behind Egypt's golden age of peace, gold, and monuments. Colossi of Memnon, Luxor Temple, the Lost Golden City,…
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Pharaohs & Queens
Explore Egypt’s rulers, royal families, dynasties, and political struggles.
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Ancient Egyptian Names and Meanings: 13 Names from History
Discover 13 ancient Egyptian names and their commonly cited meanings, from Khufu and Ahmose to Hatshepsut, Tutankhamun, and Ramesses.
Ramesses II: The Real Story of Ancient Egypt’s Greatest Pharaoh
Who was Ramesses II, and why is he called "the Great"? From the Battle of Kadesh to Abu Simbel — plus the lost statue…
Nefertiti: The Famous Face With a Missing Tomb
In 2015 the Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves proposed that Nefertiti lay behind a wall in Tutankhamun’s tomb. Radar surveys followed. The first seemed promising. Later,…
Hatshepsut: The Woman Who Ruled Egypt as Pharaoh
In 1927, the archaeologist Herbert Winlock stood in a quarry pit near Deir el-Bahri looking at thousands of smashed statue fragments. They were the…
Cleopatra: The Last Pharaoh, Beyond the Beauty Myth
Here’s a fact that resets everything you think you know about Egyptian history. Cleopatra lived closer in time to the first Moon landing than…