The city was founded by Akhenaten, a king who, along with his wife Nefertiti and his son, Tutankhamun, has captured the modern imagination as much as any other figure from ancient Egypt.

Petition by ex-antiquities minister asks for return of bust, saying it was removed from Egypt illegally in early 1900s.

Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt ...

This is the priceless and uniquely beautiful bust of Queen Nefertiti, which has been “imprisoned” in Germany since 1924, ...

In the fifth year of his reign, he changes his name to Akhenaten—"he who is beneficial to the Aten." He elevates himself to the status of a living god and abandons the traditional religious ...

The pharaoh Amenhotep IV, better known as Akhenaten, who assumed the throne about the time that Paramessu was born, shook the foundation of Egyptian society. With the revolutionary zeal of a Lenin ...

Prominent Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass has launched a petition calling for the return of the famous bust of Queen ...

Zahi Hawass announces the discovery of the largest, most complete ancient city in the Valley of the Kings area in Egypt.

Dubai Opera will kick off its latest season with a staging of Aida by the Polish National Opera Orchestra on Friday. Hailed ...

Zahi Hawass, a prominent Egyptian archaeologist, has initiated a petition demanding the return of the pharaonic bust of Queen ...

Prominent Egyptian archaeologist and former antiquities minister Zahi Hawass has launched a petition for the return to Egypt ...