It is 1923, and the long-sought tomb of Tutankhamun is about to yield its secrets.E Join NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC correspondent Maynard Owen Williams in Egypt. ...

This page is an introduction to the pharaoh Akhenaten, and the mysteries of his life, his religion, and his reign.

Excavating in the shadow of the pyramids, archaeologists have made some extraordinary finds that may rewrite history.

Egyptian pharaohs, kings and rulers from predynastic times through Roman Rule ...

Our Egyptian Exhibit Tutankhamun's Recreated Tomb 1 Tomb Gate 2 Thomas Hoving 3 Tomb Robbers 4 Temple Priest 5 Preparing the Mummy 6 The Antechamber 7 Sentinel Statues 8 The Golden Throne 9 Temple Rubbing 10 Papyra of the newlyweds 11 The Annex 12 The South Wall 13 The West Wall 14 The North Wall 15 The Treasury Room 16 Statue 17 The Pharaoh's Queen 18 Bride of the Pharaoh 19 Gold Coffin 20 The ...

The life of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.

Cleopatra VII Ptolemaic Dynasty In the springtime of 51 BC, Ptolemy Auletes died and left his kingdom in his will to his eighteen year old daughter, Cleopatra, and her younger brother Ptolemy XIII who was twelve at the time. Cleopatra was born in 69 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. She had two older sisters, Cleopatra VI and Berenice IV as well as a younger sister, Arsinoe IV. There were two younger ...

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Egyptologists stumble upon huge Ramses II statue August 5, 1996 Web posted at: 12:45 a.m. EDT GIZA PLATEAU, Egypt (CNN) -- Archaeologists last week unearthed a unique 3.5-ton pink granite statue believed to portray Ramses II, one of ancient Egypt's most illustrious pharaohs. They made the discovery during routine excavations, literally stumbling onto the statue after months of work around the ...

Pre-dynastic Egypt What we now know as ancient Egypt wasnt always one country, ruled over by one monarch (pharaoh). Before the 4th millennium BC, the land of Egypt was covered by many different nomadic tribes, with different cultures and traditions. From about 4000BC though, these diverse tribes began to conglomerate together. The first kings of Egypt are of unknown origin, and we cannot be sure ...