Their design more closely resembles the chapel pyramids built at Deir el Medina near Luxor. These were built during Egypt’s New Kingdom period (1539-1075 B.C.), a period when many Egyptian ...

The Old Kingdom king Djedkare Isesi left Abusir and built his Pyramid Complex at South Saqqara. His pyramid is built in steps, using new construction ... the boundaries of Egypt); the festival ...

While Egypt’s pyramids are undoubtedly more famous ... a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, sparking new interest in the Kingdom of Kush. Archaeologists from around the world have begun ...

It shuts out all the other Pyramids ... The kings of the 4th dynasty ruled Egypt from around 2575 to 2465 B.C. Presiding over the golden age of the Old Kingdom, their center of power was the ...

There have been claims that a great civilization predates ancient dynastic Egypt—one that existed some 10,500 years B.C.—and that this civilization was responsible for building the pyramids ...

The first of these was Piye, who successfully invaded Egypt to kick off the new dynasty in approximately ... the first member of the kingdom to be commemorated with a pyramid at Sudan's ancient ...

The Giza pyramids are one of Egypt's top tourist attractions (file photo) Prosecutors in Egypt have ordered the detention of 13 teenage boys arrested on suspicion of harassing two female foreign ...

An artefact gives us a little window into another timeand this one helps us travel back nearly 5000 years to the Old Kingdom in Ancient Egypt ... with each new pharaoh making their pyramid ...

A new exhibition unfolding at Egypt’s Pyramids of Giza reframes the historic site, as a place where not only history but also contemporaneity is reflected; as a site where individuals can also see ...