High cheekbones, a long nose, full lips and a prominent chin: Pharaoh Akhenaten’s facial features, as seen in various sculptures, often stand out among the various depictions of ancient Egyptian kings ...

SO’OUD ATEN, Egypt — It’s a familiar story: The whim of a leader upends citizens’ lives and leads them into the wilderness. In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Akhenaten was no different. Determined that his ...

A 12-year-old pharaoh makes a dangerous gamble against the priests of Amun, ordering a forbidden temple to be built right in their sacred grounds. Discover how Akhenaten’s radical construction ...

The pharaoh Tutankhamun, also known as King Tut, is arguably the best-known ruler in ancient Egyptian history. And while much has been written about the royal youth, who held the throne from about the ...

Akhenaten, a pharaoh from Egypt?s 18th Dynasty, has breasts, hips and buttocks as large and round as a woman?s and a belly as prominent as that of a pregnant woman. Researchers marvel at the feminine ...

On Nov. 26, 1922, the world of archeology scored the motherlode with the finding of King Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt. Archaeologist Howard Carter beat the odds and discovered the mostly-untouched tomb ...

Egyptian treasures include rare granite head of pharaoh, large vessel with painted image of Nile scene; Amarna Period sandstone relief of pharaoh worshipping the god Aton; Greek & Roman jewellery Two ...