Traditionally, the death knell of the worship of Isis—and ancient Egyptian religion at large—is dated to A.D. 536, when the Byzantine emperor Justinian I (r.

Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be ...

Ancient Egyptian tomb dating back 3,500 years may be the final resting place of one of the QUEENS or princesses of the 18th Dynasty, experts say The never-before-seen tomb uncovered in Luxor dates ...

Underneath a temple in the ancient ruined city of Taposiris Magna, archaeologists discovered a vast tunnel, referred to by experts as a "geometric miracle". The structure was discovered 13 metres (43 ...

An ancient tunnel discovered in Egypt is thought to possibly lead to the tomb of the famed Queen Cleopatra. ... Previous excavations of Taposiris uncovered statues of the Egyptian goddess Isis.

The obelisk is an ancient Egyptian architectural ... Queen Hatshepsut offers two obelisks to ... Smaller obelisks were usually placed in temples dedicated to Isis or Serapis, the Greco-Egyptian god.

Cleopatra VII, who was the last Queen of ancient Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty, ruled from 51 B.C. until her death in 31 B.C. Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

The United Nations climate change conference hasn’t been the only big news out of Egypt this month. There have recently been some exciting archaeological finds, dating back thousands of years ...

About 5,000 years ago, Queen Meret-Neith was considered the most powerful woman in ancient Egypt — and recent discoveries at her tomb have confirmed her importance. A team of archaeologists from ...