New research shows Karnak Temple was built on a rare island of high ground formed as Nile river channels shifted thousands of ...

One of the zodiac’s subtler constellations comes into view on winter evenings, with the moon helping to point the way ...

The 17-year reign of the pharaoh crowned as Amenhotep IV was one of the most revolutionary periods in Egyptian history. After the prosperous 39-year reign of his father, Amenhotep III, the pharaoh ...

The sarcophagus of a high priest of the ancient Egyptian god Amun Ra has been unearthed in Egypt. The well preserved sarcophagus, discovered by a team of archaeologists within the 3,400-year-old tomb ...

He has dual American and German citizenship through his mother (originally from Germany) and his father. His name “Amon-Ra” derives from Egyptian mythology (Amun-Ra being the sun god). He attended ...

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Coring outside the First Pylon at Karnak. Credit: Angus Graham Most comprehensive study of the temple complex and its surrounding land and water scapes identifies the earliest period of occupation and ...

Trouble brewed on the horizon when Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten in Regnal Year 5 in honor of his “father” the Aten, and abandoned Thebes (Waset) to occupy a desolate region in Middle ...

In a 4,000-year-old creation myth from ancient Egypt, god manifested as high ground that rose out of watery chaos. New research suggests this myth of the primeval mound may have inspired the first ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A person’s safe place is so often their home. "This is heaven. That’s all I can say,” said Clarabel Rivera. “This is heaven.” For Rivera, finding that safe place was a process. “I live ...