Several ancient lost cities, including imperial capitals and religious centres, remain undiscovered, their locations still ...

The name of this place means “the town or city of Judah,” and it belonged to the Babylonian Empire. Its existence is known ...

Waššukanni has never been found and some scholars think that it may be located in northeastern Syria. The people who lived in ...

The Black Pyramid was meant to secure a pharaoh’s legacy for eternity. Instead, it exposed serious flaws in ancient Egyptian engineering and planning. Built on unstable ground and rushed by ambition, ...

A Buenos Aires is the most appealing big city in South America – with intense energy, culture and cuisine. It’s a while since I last visited the Argentinian capital, but David Nichols of Journey Latin ...

Named after the crocodile God Sobek, Sobeknefru, whose name means ‘she who shows the beauty of Sobek’, succeeded her brother to the throne of Egypt. At the time she came to power, the cult of Sobek ...

One of the most captivating tales in Egyptian history is The Story of Sinuhe, one of the most well-preserved works recovered from the Middle Kingdom Period (2055-1650 BC). Set during the reign of ...

The incident comes weeks before the November 1 opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, which will display the complete treasures of Tutankhamun for the first time. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and ...

A DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile Valley has shed new light on the rise of the Ancient Egyptian civilisation. An analysis of his skeleton shows he was 60 years old and ...

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The titles and names of the king are those most often used in the Middle Kingdom. Over the course of the third millennium BC, there developed a fivefold titulary whereby each king took before his ...