Was a new regional power, once thought of as a bloodthirsty invading force, actually a catalyst for ancient Egypt’s most prosperous era? Egypt’s carefully recorded lists of rulers run pharaoh after ...

Wall art dated to around 1900 B.C. shows visitors to Egypt wearing colorful robes distinct from the white clothing worn by locals. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Popular lore suggests the Hyksos, ...

Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids of Giza and the Great Sphinx around 2,500 BC – around a thousand years before the Hyksos Dynasty. Around 1638 BC, a foreign dynasty ruled in Egypt for the first ...

Some scholars think that the ancient Israelites were Hyksos. Others say Israelites were slaves to them. They claim the Israelite enslavement in Egypt and their exodus under Moses’ leadership never ...