Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Zahi Hawass describes some of the private tombs of the Old Kingdom, built in the expectation ... and priests of the cults of the ancient Egyptian kings. These necropolises, mostly consisting ...

Many of the tombs featured a range of artifacts that could redefine what scholars know about ancient Egypt. Archaeologists ... s Valley Temple from the Middle Kingdom. Archaeologists working ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...