Venom expert, chief palace physician, chief dentist, and director of medicinal plants were also likely on his resume.

On the coast of the Cyrenaica region in present-day Libya lies the ancient city of Ptolemais, founded by the Egyptian ...

Archaeologists working near Luxor announced a bevy of new finds they believe could “reconstruct history” thanks to the wealth ...

Dynasty, indicating that Saqqara was used as a necropolis during the New Kingdom when Memphis was reinstated as the capital ...

Astronomy can often give us clues to the past that are otherwise lost to history. In one case, an Italian astronomer has proposed that a dramatic total solar eclipse triggered a religious crisis in ...

The tomb of an ancient Egyptian royal physician, who also had the role of being a magician, has been unearthed in Saqqara.

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed the remains of a multi-skilled wizard-doctor who treated the pharaohs some 4,000 years ...

In one case, an Italian astronomer has proposed that a dramatic total solar eclipse triggered a religious crisis in ancient Egypt and led the last pharaoh of the 4th dynasty to abandon the pyramid ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the tomb of an ancient Egyptian doctor near Saqqara, Egypt, dating back over 4,000 years to the ...

The Twelfth Dynasty of ancient Egypt is a series of rulers reigning from 1991–1802 BC, at what is often considered to be the apex of the Middle Kingdom. The dynasty periodically expanded its territory ...

Experts have said that new findings from the tomb of an Egyptian Queen could 'reconstruct history'. The haul includes ancient ...