When Ahmose (reigned from c1550 – 1525 BC) became king, Egypt was in crisis. It was occupied in the north and threatened in the south. It was a shadow of its former self. But by the time he died, ...

This concluding section of the Neues Museum tour details the climax and subsequent collapse of Egypt's prosperous Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) and the beginning of the glorious New Kingdom (18th ...

Joint military exercise AHMOSE kicked off today with an inaugural ceremony at Mohamed Naguib base in Alexandria. The military exercise will bring together British and Egyptian troops and contribute to ...

Researchers have used whole body computerized tomography (CT) scanning to visualize the coronary arteries of the Egyptian princess Ahmose-Meryet-Amon, who lived in Thebes (Luxor) between 1580 and 1550 ...

Important new discoveries at the Tel Habuwa dig east of the Suez Canal shed light on the campaign by Ahmose I (c.1550–1525 BC) against the Hyksos invaders A team of Egyptian archaeologists digging at ...

A new radiocarbon study of museum artefacts linked to King Ahmose suggests Egypt’s New Kingdom began later than long believed, extending the chaotic Second Intermediate Period. By directly comparing ...

The joint Egyptian-US archaeological mission operating in the south of Abydos has completed the restoration and maintenance of the pyramid of Queen Titi Sheri, alongside uncovering a cemetery from the ...

The dawn light struck the face of Ra. Finn stared into his stony eyes, waiting for an answer. We had come to Cairo on a mission, as well as to try to distract our seven-year-old from his longing for a ...

22 mummies will be transferred during the parade from their current place at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to their final exhibition destination at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation in ...