Behind the golden masks and towering pyramids was a village of real people with real problems. Journey to Deir el-Medina, the ...

The three men lived in the New Kingdom period more than 3,000 years ago Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously appeared in places like ...

Picture a country where pharaohs once ruled, and billion-dollar smart cities rise from desert sands. Egypt isn’t just about ...

Built during Egypt’s Fourth Dynasty, the pyramids on the Giza Plateau has been drawing visitors for thousands of years. The earliest records of tourists dates back to the 5 th century BCE, when Greek ...

The cemetery dates back to The New Kingdom and is located at Tuna al-Gebel in central Egypt Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an Editorial Intern ...

Ancient Egypt—a civilization that was one of the most powerful the world has ever seen and which lasted for nearly 3,000 years—was among the first to mummify its dead, providing us a window into its ...

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.

Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...

Gold didn’t simply glitter in ancient Egypt—it carried a cost people rarely acknowledge. Archaeologists working at Ghooza, a ...

Mummies were a prescribed medicine in Europe for 500 years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Why did people think cannibalism was ...

Movies and television shape what people think about ancient Egypt. But they often get even the basics wrong, from cruel pharaohs to booby-trapped pyramids. Here are 10 things that "Moon Knight", "The ...