Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Ancient Egypt ... Menes who ruled a united Egypt. Scholars sometimes refer to these pre-Menes rulers as being part of a "dynasty zero." Dynasties three to six date from roughly 2650 to 2150 B.C. and ...

The enormous stone structure, complete with angular steps and flat terraces, looks uncannily like the ruins of a man-made ...

The largest pyramid complex belonged to Siamun, the sixth pharaoh of Egypt during the 21st Dynasty ... Researchers unearthed human remains in the ancient village of Tombos, a region in what ...

Claims that a vast underground city has been discovered beneath the Giza Pyramids have sparked controversy and rejection ...

For centuries, the lost city of 'Atlantis' has remained one of history's greatest mysteries: part legend, part science, and ...

He told the Mail: "Some blocks near the Great Pyramid's entrance show clear signs of water erosion. "Only certain stones are affected, suggesting part of the pyramid was submerged in ancient times." ...

However, the researchers who made the discovery believe it is likely the resting place of a king who ruled upper Egypt ... pyramid-shaped formation that was considered sacred by the ancient ...

They even suggest that the legendary Hall of Records, a purported library tied to ancient Egyptian lore ... The team concentrated on the Khafre pyramid, one of the three pyramids in the Giza ...