After conquering Egypt, Greek and Macedonian military leaders took power and made Alexandria a center of commerce and ...

For ten generations her family, the Ptolemies, had styled themselves pharaohs. They were in fact Macedonian Greek, which makes Cleopatra about as Egyptian as Elizabeth Taylor. She and her 10-year ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows stands out among its fellow Assassin's Creed open-world RPG games in one major way with its universe ...

It can all be, I have to admit, rather overwhelming and I’d suggest anyone planning a Nile cruise should swot up a little on ...

Travelers visiting Egypt have long marveled at the vestiges of the pharaohs’ lost world—the ... Roger Anis After Cleopatra ended her life in 30 B.C., bringing the Ptolemaic era to an end ...

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered the tomb of Pharaoh Userkaf's son in Saqqara, revealing a rare pink granite false door and ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long ...

Also found were several blocks from a temple dedicated to Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, who ruled between 1279-1213 BC under the 19th Dynasty. All that remains of this building is its footprint ...

Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered the remains of a "major" 3,400-year-old town dating to the New Kingdom that was ...

Two Italian scientists claim to have discovered 38,000-year-old structures buried deep beneath the pyramids. But there's a ...

Amira joined Newsweek in 2025 from The Wall Street Journal and had previously worked at the Daily News Egypt. She studied ... time that also included powerful pharaohs such as Ramesses II.