It was made in the early 13th century B.C. and depicts the pharaoh Ramesses II, also called Ramesses the Great, who ruled from 1279 until 1213 B.C. The statue has traces of red, indicating that ...

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“Malaria is as old as Egyptian civilization itself, but the disease that plagued pharaohs now belongs to its history," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Egyptian authorities launched ...

The pyramid of the Old Kingdom pharaoh Neferirkare is the tallest in the necropolis of Abusir, where most of the kings of Egypt’s 5th Dynasty were buried. Next to Neferirkare’s monument are ...

Featuring a terrific ensemble of players at the top of their game, the 1969 album still stands tall. From the first moments of the 32-minute opener, “The Creator Has A Master Plan,” we hear ...

Unknown to non-specialists, a 14th-century BC pharaoh was about to go from complete darkness into the most brilliant light, reflected by the heaps of gold in his tomb, the sublime objects it ...

Jazz great Pharoah Sanders, who pushed the boundaries of saxophone playing, has died aged 81. His record label Luaka Bop announced the news, saying he had died "peacefully", surrounded by family ...

Pharoah Sanders, the jazz saxophonist who worked closely with John Coltrane and was a pioneer of the avant-garde movement, has died. He was 81 years old. No one played the tenor saxophone quite ...

If these words are describing a real observation, then a major astronomical event was taking place - the question for us to figure out is what the text actually means. Our selection of the week's ...