*“Their family was the richest family,” said film director Dwayne Buckle about the focus of his documentary Great Mysteries of Akhenaten. “Judaism started with that family. Moses lived around that ...

In the century since archaeologist Howard Carter discovered the pharaoh Tutankhamun’s tomb and revealed its magnificent contents to the world, scholars and enthusiasts alike have been fascinated by ...

When the pharaoh Akhenaten died, he left no obvious successor. Three of his and his wife Nefertiti’s six daughters had died, and his son, Tutankhaten (later Tutankhamun) was too young to be king. Who ...

More than 3,000 years after they were damaged by an earthquake, two of Egypt's most breathtaking monuments have been handsomely restored. The Colossi of Memnon are two giant alabaster statues on the ...

High cheekbones, a long nose, full lips and a prominent chin: Pharaoh Akhenaten’s facial features, as seen in various sculptures, often stand out among the various depictions of ancient Egyptian kings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Egyptian influencer Youssef Mohamed went viral with a post next to a bust of Pharaoh Echnaton in Cairo's GEM. Christoph Meyer/dpa ...

Nefertiti played a significant role alongside her husband in ruling ancient Egypt, as shown in their iconography. Credit: Philip Pikart, CC BY-SA 3.0 Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen who lived ...

Tell el-Amarna is the Arabic name of the place where, in 1430 BCE, Pharaoh Akhenaten built a city that was to become the capital of the Egyptian Empire: Akhetaten, which means Horizon of Aten. There, ...

New archaeological findings challenge the long-standing theory of a plague causing the abandonment of Akhetaten, Egypt's short-lived capital. Akhetaten, the capital city of Egypt built by Pharaoh ...

In the history of Ancient Egypt, Akhenaten occupies a very special place. Of all the pharaohs over the many centuries, he was by far the most controversial one. His radical policies, major religious ...

The origin of Jewish New Year celebrations has long been shrouded in mystery. Families around the world celebrate it during autumn with sweet delicacies, joyous prayers, and the blasting of the shofar ...