100-year-old folklore and pop culture have perpetuated the myth that opening a mummy's tomb leads to certain ... But while the pharaoh's curse may lack bite, it hasn't lost the ability to ...

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He reigned from 367 to 282 B.C., or about 2,300 years ago. Cleopatra, who reigned from 51 to 30 B.C., was the last pharaoh and perhaps one of the most famous female rulers of all time. She ...

In Paris, Ramesses' mummy was diagnosed and treated for a fungal infection. During the examination, scientific analysis revealed the pharaoh's arthritis, poor circulation and appalling dental ...

A mummy, to put it bluntly ... Initially, mummification was so expensive that it was a privilege enjoyed only by the Pharaoh and a few favourites. Everybody else was given a simple grave burial ...

This comes only days after the team’s landmark discovery of the pharaoh’s first tomb. Litherland suspects the tomb may hold Thutmose II’s mummified remains, alongside grave goods ...

1925 at Thebes) of statues he unearthed of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut ... when there was no suitable male successor available. (Cleopatra would rule some 14 centuries later.) ...

For "Rameses," which he began calling himself after becoming pharaoh in 1307 B.C.*, has come ... and some statuettes of underworld deities. His mummy was missing, too. The most important surviving ...

Though little is known about Khufu, the pharaoh who oversaw the Great Pyramid's construction, vicious rumors about him persist today. Who Was the Real Cleopatra? Fact or Fiction? The Legend of the ...

Archaeologists in Egypt recently uncovered a once-in-a-lifetime discovery: an unknown pharaoh's tomb, dating back 3,600 years. The excavation, which was conducted near the Egyptian city of Abydos ...