Fragments of a statue found at a 1st-century site bear faint traces of a ram’s head and may depict the god Amun. In its 3,000-year history as a state, ancient Egypt had a complicated ...

JULIA BUDKA: The god's wife of Amun was really the female substitute of the king. MARIAM AYAD: The god's wife of Amun was as important as a medieval pope. NARRATOR: Who were these outsiders who ...

Feb. 12, 2025 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app + Encores Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV and 9 p.m. on KPBS 2. Follow archaeologists as they discover a long-lost ancient cemetery in Egypt’s sacred ...

Archaeologists and historians reveal how the ascent of The God’s Wife of Amun lifted some women to the highest echelons of religious, political, and financial power in the ancient Egyptian empire.