Famous Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs. Of the 170 pharaohs who ruled Ancient Egypt since 2600 BC (BC), here are the names of the ten most famous pharaohs to date: 1. Djoser (R. 2686–2649 BC) King Djoser is ...

Ancient Egyptians, for example, are famous for their elaborate funerary rituals and beliefs about the afterlife. But the practice of deliberately preserving bodies extends possibly 3,500 years ...

Famous Egyptian mummy's 'screaming' expression may hint at agonising death, study suggests. Story by Kamal Tabikha • 10mo. I n 1935, archaeologists from the Metropolitan Museum of New York made ...

In 1934, a distinctive individual arrived in Palm Springs. A dark-haired, bejeweled, enigmatic woman, Princess Zoraida commanded attention. Born in Egypt to reportedly “one of the oldest and ...

Emad Shahin, an Egyptian scholar, is the Henry R. Luce associate professor of religion, conflict and peace-building at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre ...

Nawal El Saadawi, a famous Egyptian feminist author, physician and psychiatrist, has died aged 89, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on Sunday.