Archaeologists and historians reveal how the ascent of The God’s Wife of Amun lifted some women to the highest echelons of religious, political, and financial power in the ancient Egyptian empire.

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Feb. 12, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Follow archaeologists as they discover a long-lost ancient cemetery in Egypt’s sacred ...

The city of Thônis-Heracleion was once Egypt's largest port on the Mediterranean Sea, controlling trade for centuries before ...

Archaeologists in Egypt are working to restore the Ramesseum, a temple belonging to Ramesses II, an Old Testament pharaoh ...

Currently, the temple is largely in ruins due to the earthquake that struck Egypt in 27 BCE. Remains of colossal statues and ...

Even after relocating south, the Kushite kings continued to be buried in the necropolis at Nuri, near Napata, a center of the cult of the Egyptian god Amun. Meroë would become the preferred ...

The Steamboat Springs Police Department received its first-ever K-9 last week as part of an effort to “fight drugs,” ...

A long lost ancient cemetery opens the door to a unique period in Egyptian history.