This story appears in the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sometimes the most powerful commentary on a king is made by those who are silent. One morning in Amarna, a village in ...

This story appears in the September 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Mummies capture our imaginations and our hearts. Full of secrets and magic, they were once people who lived and ...

An ancient capital, lost under the sand for more than 3,400 years, may hold the answer to one of Egyptian history’s greatest mysteries. Culture Club/Getty Images Recently discovered by ...

To speak the name of the dead is to make them live again. —ancient Egyptian inscription What's in a name? Well, in the case of Rameses I, no less than immortality—and this for a man of humble ...

Could another crypt as rich as King Tut's still lie buried in Egypt's fabled Valley of the Kings? "At first I could see nothing, the hot air escaping from the chamber causing the candle flame to ...

Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting January 1st, 1989 - Buy The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten DVD ...

Join us for a talk that reviews the history of the Amarna Period and the lives of King Akhenaten and his Queen Nefertiti. It will review the evidence from the site called ‘Kom el-Nana’ at Tell ...