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.

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 most enigmatic of sculptures, the Sphinx was carved from a single block of limestone left over in the quarry used to build the Pyramids. Scholars believe it was sculpted about 4,600 years ago ...

Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten five years into his reign to reflect his rejection of the main gods of the established pantheon and his promotion in their place of Aten, the god of ...

“They were looking for the foundations of four temples that were built there by a heretical king named Akhenaten,” she recalls ... When most people imagine the land of pyramids, Sphinx, Cleopatra and ...

A team of researchers from the University of York have said new overlooked details suggest the mask could have belonged to one of Egypt's most iconic figures.

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A team of Egyptian archaeologists discover a 3400-year-old lost city buried under the sands, near the Valley of the Kings. It is the largest ancient city ever unearthed and one of the greatest ...

This is the mummy of Hornedjitef an Egyptian priest who was buried in a coffin, within a second, outer coffin. Examining his body using CAT scans and X-rays revealed that he suffered from ...

The main story is the search for two artefacts which combined become an extraordinary weapon in the form a nuclear laser which turns rock into molten lava. There are various interests in the ...

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