To help put things in perspective, I invited him to join me on a trip to Egypt, where they started recording the names and birthdays of their kings more than 5,000 years ago. Amazingly, it worked.

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

Great news for all young Egyptologists: there’s a wonderfully educational temporary exhibition currently running in London devoted to all things Ancient Egypt, ...

The researchers came to this 'unexpected' conclusion after analyzing the DNA of 11 mummies believed to be related to King Tut. In ancient Egypt, inbreeding was extremely common in royal families.

Discover interesting facts about ancient Egypt's pyramids, mummies and pharaohs.

The rich history of ancient Egypt involves power struggles, amazing feats of engineering, advances in writing and art, and more.

A blockbuster show on King Tutankhamun, the young pharaoh who ruled Ancient Egypt from around 1332-23BC will open at the Hong Kong Palace Museum later this year. The show will bring together ...

It is precisely the cartoonish outlines of this reductive portrayal that continues to make ancient Egypt so child-friendly in the West, with these past colonial endeavours a grim undertone to the fun ...

Enjoy history, mystery and music in perfect harmony with a fantastic time-travelling new series, share glorious gags, hilarious comedy routines and madcap escapades with two fox cub siblings and ...