One morning in Amarna, a village in Upper Egypt ... ancient grain silos at Amarna, where the intact ruins present a rare opportunity to study an ancient city at a moment in time. Amarna’s royal ...

A previously unknown pyramid, sealed for nearly 4,000 years, was found, revealing secrets about Princess Hatshepsut, a royal figure ... early 13th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Naunton described ...

King Tut’s lineage also stemmed from the same family tree — and he married his half-sister. Why? The royal families of Ancient Egypt believed that adding outsiders to their bloodline would ...

Archaeologists have made an incredible Ancient Egyptian discovery 100 miles from Cairo, uncovering the extensive remains of a 3,500-year-old structure believed to be a royal rest house.

Incest also protects royal assets. Marrying family members ensures that a king ... In dominant, centralized societies such as ancient Egypt or Inca Peru, this can mean limiting the mating circle ...

The Ptolemaic dynasty was a royal family of Macedonian Greek origin ... B.C., the temple was dedicated to Osiris—a deity in the ancient Egyptian pantheon associated with the afterlife, death ...

where ancient Egypt kings, known as pharaohs, were buried in huge tombs deep underground. And the men who built these royal tombs lived in the village with their families. Archaeologists exploring ...