Pharaohs

Sobekneferu was a mysterious queen who ruled ancient Egypt as a female pharaoh during the 12th Dynasty of the Middle […]

Akhenaten was an ancient Egyptian king who ruled for about 17 years during the 18th dynasty of Egypt’s New Kingdom.

In the 16th century BC, three queens in ancient Egypt, Tetisheri, Ahhotep, and Ahmose Nefertari, played a significant role in

The average height of a king remained a steady 166 cm (5.44 feet) and featured much fewer variations compared to

At the Oriental Institute of Chicago, the nearly 75,000 annual visitors have the opportunity to marvel at the sight of

Twosret (1194-1186 BC, according to Diodorus of Sicily) was the second wife of Pharaoh Seti II. However, she held the

Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II (2055-2004 BC) was the pharaoh of the eleventh dynasty of ancient Egypt who inaugurated the period of

Tutankhamun’s ‘curse’ ensured that anyone who desecrated the tomb would pay the consequences. This was taken as truth for decades

From mortal to a God One of the most important moments in Ancient Egyptian society was the Pharaoh’s Coronation ceremony,

The objects in the Pharaoh’s sarcophagus, found by archaeologist Howard Carter, tell us more than we can imagine. In November