The plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt's short ...

Uncover the tender and tragic story of Neferure, the possible twin of Neferneferu-tasherit, whose short life in Akhenaten’s ...

She was young, royal, and destined for greatness — yet her life ended in heartbreak. Discovered in the tombs of Amarna, ...

Maynard Owen Williams was National Geographic's first foreign correspondent, and in 1923 he was on hand for an event the ...

Amenhotep III's tomb represents one of the largest burial chambers in the Valley of Kings, featuring a 36-meter-long, 14-meter-deep descending passageway that leads to three interconnected chambers.

The tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, one of the largest in southern Egypt's Valley of the Kings and Queens, was officially opened to the public Saturday after years of restoration. Egypt's tourism and ...

Archaeologists found a bone whistle used by ancient Egyptian guards to warn of grave robbers, shedding light on how royal ...

The ancient Egyptians took a number of measures to safeguard the pyramids. But did they ever resort to booby traps? The answer, Egyptologists told Live Science, is an emphatic no. "No, they didn't use ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 3,300-year-old whistle made from a cow's toe bone, believed to have been used by police to guard royal tomb workers. The artifact was found in the ruins of ...

A carved-out cow bone found in Egypt is actually an ancient whistle, once used by an Egyptian “police officer.” This officer didn’t use the whistle to direct traffic, though. He was guarding a royal ...