On the outskirts of Kadesh, Pharaoh Ramesses II finds himself ensnared in an ambush set by the Hittites. Through a tumultuous clash of chariots and strategic might, the Battle of Kadesh unfolds ...

Cairo, Jan 19, SPA -- Egyptian archeologists intend to examine the mummy of King Ramses II (1279-1213 B.C.) in an attempt to prove that he was the pharaoh of the exodus of Jews from Egypt, the ...

Travel back through 3,000 years of Egyptian history and come face-to-face with the Statues of Ramesses II and Amenhotep III. The objects in the Egyptian sculpture gallery represent three millennia of ...

Experience the magic of Egypt's landmarks, from the magnificent Pyramids of Giza to mysterious temples: discover the wonders.

Many Speccie readers will have preconceived ideas about economists. Unexciting, narrow-minded and pedantic perhaps spring to ...

L'Atelier des Lumières also takes us to the country's major cities, to discover Egypt's spiritual, cultural and political centers. Festivals and processions, cults, tributes: divinities are celebrated ...

Egyptologist Huub Pragt and Smithsonian Journeys traveler Kellie Mecham share first impressions from their visit to the ...

The museum houses the world's largest archaeological collection and visitors are getting to see much of it, after over a ...

A small clay tablet from the site of Kish in Iraq reveals a student calculated the area of a triangle incorrectly 4,000 years ...

Once the most sacred site on the Nile, Heliopolis wasall but forgotten until archaeologists returned tosave it from ...