Long before the pyramids or the pharaohs of legend, there was a ruler known only by one name — the Scorpion King.

A new theory, increasingly breaking through the rigid frameworks of traditional narratives, invites us to rethink the role of the pyramids in Egypt’s history.

The huge tomb of Amenhotep III, who ruled ancient Egypt between 1390 B.C. and 1350 B.C., is carved into the hillside on the ...

For much of human history, stories about the construction of Egypt’s Great Pyramids were rooted in rumor rather than research. The Greek historian and geographer Herodotus, who famously counted the ...

A 4,000-year-old pharaonic painting has vanished from Egypt ’s famed Saqqara necropolis, the latest artefact to disappear in mysterious circumstances. At such a critical moment in US history, we need ...