A rare discovery of a tomb from ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom near Luxor may hold several generations from a single family.

A royal necropolis—from the Greek words for "city of the dead"—was established near Abydos in about 1839 B.C. with the burial there of the powerful 12th dynasty pharaoh Senusret III. But Egypt ...

Ancient Egypt was essentially a man’s world, lorded over by the pharaoh. ... Neferusobek was the product of the royal harem and nursery during the 12th dynasty (1939–1760 B.C.).

A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission from Sohag and Berlin Universities has discovered the burial chamber of a woman named Edi, daughter of Jifai-Hapi who was governor of Assuit in Upper ...

Founder of the 12th dynasty, ... Their rule lasted for about a century (c. 1650–1550 BCE) and ended when Ahmose I, the founder of the 18th dynasty, expelled them from Egypt.

Archaeologists made the first of its kind discovery when they unearthed 11 men, women and children in the ancient tomb, with ...

A joint Egyptian-German archaeological mission from Sohag and Berlin Universities has discovered the burial chamber of a woman named Edi, daughter of Jifai-Hapi, who was governor of Assuit in Upper ...

The mysterious tomb was made at the Nile River in Upper Egypt’s Western Assiut Mountain by a team of researchers. The tomb which dates back to the 12th Dynasty, belonged to Edi, the daughter of ...

Archeologists discover oldest non-royal mummy ever in Egypt 01:31. Archeologists from Egypt and the United States unearthed an ancient tomb with 11 sealed burials near the famed city of Luxor ...

The mysterious tomb was made at the Nile River in Upper Egypt’s Western Assiut Mountain by a team of researchers. The tomb which dates back to the 12th Dynasty, belonged to Edi, ...