Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

Excavations in Egypt's Nile Delta have revealed ancient Egyptian multistory "tower" houses, a ceremonial building dedicated ...

Ptolemy I Soter I took Ancient Egypt, founding a dynasty and turning Alexandria into a centre of Greek culture – you’ll get to explore Alexandria in Origins.

Ancient Egypt had many impressive pharaohs, but which of them were especially fearsome warriors? Here are just some who ...

Blending archaeological artifacts, pop culture imagery, and paintings, an exhibition on Cleopatra explores how the Egyptian queen has been depicted and perceived through the centuries.

Beyond the excitement of Angelina Jolie being cast to portray Cleopatra, famously known as the "Last Pharaoh of Egypt," anticipation builds around this timeless ...

This “Last Dynasty,” as the Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson has termed it, held on—despite frequent infighting, enormous overspending and bitter succession battles—until 30 B.C., when Roman ...

The dynasty was founded in 305 B.C. after Alexander the Great of Macedonia took Egypt in 332 B.C. and one of his generals, Ptolemy, became Ptolemy I. Leadership was handed down through Ptolemy's ...

CAIRO — A trove of ancient artifacts from Egypt's last dynasty was discovered in 63 tombs in the Nile Delta area and experts are working to restore and classify the finds, an official with the ...

The dynasty was founded in 305 B.C. after Alexander the Great of Macedonia took Egypt in 332 B.C. and one of his generals, Ptolemy, became Ptolemy I. Leadership was handed down through Ptolemy’s ...