Historian Jolene Babyak shares her experience of living at Alcatraz as a child with other families and outlines some of the issues at the prison island like no water, no sewage treatment, and ...

Archeologists believe the Great Sphinx of Giza doesn't represent a mythological creature but an ancient pharaoh.

The Great Sphinx of Egypt has fascinated humanity for millennia and even today, this lion bodied monument with the head of a pharoah, still remains a monument shrouded in mystery and wonder.

In 2015, American Pharoah became the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978 American Pharoah has been a successful stallion, producing nine horses who have won Grade 1 or Group ...

In 2015, American Pharoah became the first horse to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed in 1978 American Pharoah has been a successful stallion, producing nine horses who have won Grade 1 or Group 1 ...

Credit: Siri Challa Penn researchers, working in conjunction with Egyptian archaeologists and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, have unearthed the tomb of an unknown pharaoh at Anubis ...

Credit: Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities A team of Egyptian archaeologists has uncovered the tomb of Prince Waserif Ra, son of Pharaoh Userkaf, one of the first rulers of Egypt’s Fifth ...

An image shows the hieroglyphic inscription bearing the royal cartouche of Pharaoh Ramses III (1186–1155 BC) discovered in the Wadi Rum Reserve in southern Jordan (Photo courtesy of the Ministry of ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Bred in: Kentucky. Sire: American Pharoah. Dam: Mary’s Follies, by More Than Ready. Price tag: N/A. Owner: Koichi Nishikawa. First Derby.

Back in January, we were reading in synagogue of the encounters between Moses and Pharaoh and facing the eternally perplexing question of how it could be fair for God to “harden Pharaoh’s hear ...

Part of a decree issued by Egyptian priests in honor of the pharaoh Ptolemy III. (Like the Rosetta Stone, the limestone carving features three scripts: hieroglyphs, demotic and Greek.) Image A ...