Florida might seem about as far from modern-day Egypt as possible - and just a few thousand years from the end of the sprawling Ancient Egyptian Empire.

Few individuals in Egypt’s history have aroused as much curiosity, and as much skepticism, as Ramses II, third pharaoh of the 19th dynasty, whom history dubbed Ramses the Great. Today Ramses II is ...

The tombs of Ramses IX, Seti II, and Siptah in the Valley of the Kings are under restoration or have been recently reopened, writes Nevine El-Aref In the heart of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings opposite ...

The BBC’s Civilisations will be the most ambitious cultural television series since the run of classics that began in 1969 with Civilisation and clima ...