Little is known about Thutmose II, who reigned as pharaoh from about 1493 B.C. until about 1479—more than 100 years before Tutankhamun lived, but part of the same 18th Dynasty of Egyptian kings.

Piye became the first pharaoh of Egypt’s 25th dynasty (ca 770-656 B.C.), the so-called Black Pharaohs. The tomb of Queen Khennuwa in Meroë. The art adorning this fourth-century B.C. tomb is ...

There are days when the sand blows ceaselessly, blanketing the remains of a powerful dynasty that ruled Egypt 5,000 years ago. When the wind dies down and the sands are still, a long shadow casts ...

Archaeologists have found the last undiscovered royal tomb of the 18th Egyptian dynasty, which included the famous pharoah Tutankhamun. The uncovering of King Thutmose II's tomb marks the first ...