Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, they created a culture that influenced both civilizations.

One of the most famous objects in the British Museum is a bronze head of the Roman emperor Augustus that exudes charisma, ...

[16]: 56 Older scholarship noted that some Egyptian pharaohs may have had Nubian ancestry.[59][60] Richard Loban expressed the view that Mentuhotep II of the 11th Dynasty "was quite ...

On this day in 1993, Brand Nubian released their sophomore album, In God We Trust, on Elektra Records—following up their five-mic classic, All for One. With Grand Puba having embarked on a solo ...

Archaeologists have unveiled a 4,100-year-old tomb belonging to a physician who treated the Egyptian Pharaohs. The tomb was found in the southern part of Saqqara, Egypt, belonging to Teti Neb Fu ...

The doctor may have served under Pepi II, a pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Old Kingdom around the 23rd century B.C.E. He was crowned as a child and retained the throne for 60 to 90 years.

New and exciting discoveries that belonged to the first female pharaoh were unveiled to the public in Egypt. Archaeologist Dr. Zahi Hawass and his team have been working at the Temple of ...

Pharaohs were the kings of Ancient Egypt. They ruled over the land, collected taxes from the people, enforced the law and led the Egyptian army against invaders. Tutankhamun, or King Tut as he is ...

The Ancient Egyptians built pyramids as giant burial tombs for the most important people in their society, the pharaohs. Inside each of these pyramids is a mummy. Mummification was the way in ...