The concert pianist, who never married and was considered the most “peculiar” among her family, led an exotic life.

In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

Discover the powerful lineage that shaped Pharaoh Hatshepsut, born into a dynasty forged by war. Her ancestors, like Pharaoh Ahmose who liberated Egypt from the Hyksos, and queens like Ahhotep and ...

In the necropolis of the ancient Egyptian city of Philadelphia, archaeologists unearthed a third-century a.d. pit grave (in foreground) next to an earlier mausoleum (background). Since the late ...