This concluding section of the Neues Museum tour details the climax and subsequent collapse of Egypt's prosperous Middle Kingdom (12th Dynasty) and the beginning of the glorious New Kingdom (18th ...

When Ahmose (reigned from c1550 – 1525 BC) became king, Egypt was in crisis. It was occupied in the north and threatened in the south. It was a shadow of its former self. But by the time he died, ...

Radiocarbon dating is quietly rewriting one of humanity’s best known origin stories, shifting the rise of Egypt’s first pharaohs by decades and forcing scholars to rethink how this ancient kingdom ...

The eastern Mediterranean region and Egypt, showing the location of the Thera (Santorini) volcano and other places mentioned in the text. Their findings were published in PLOS One last month. Prof.

Mudbrick EA 32689 (British Museum) from the Temple of Ahmose at Abydos, showing the stamped prenomen (throne name) Nebpehtire of Pharaoh Ahmose. Its radiocarbon dates support a low chronology for the ...

The recent discovery of the grave of Pharaoh Thutmose II in Luxor brings to light crucial information on the 18th Dynasty of ...