In a landmark "MSNBC Reports" special, we reframe the story of history's greatest conqueror through the sands of Egypt. This ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

In ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. One of the most mysterious and ...

Minoan Genii are mythological creatures influenced by Egyptian deities, showing how Bronze Age Mediterranean civilizations ...

In this hard-hitting "MSNBC Documentaries" special, we trace the calculated campaign that saw Alexander the Great, a foreign conqueror, crowned as a native Egyptian God-King. How did a Macedonian, ...

Moses never veers from this line. Contrary to popular belief, he never tells Pharaoh, “let my people go,” full stop, but ...

The Exodus and the drowning of the Egyptians in the Red Sea were one and the same thing. One without the other is incomplete.

Our modern calendar is the Gregorian calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII, who reformed it in 1582 to correct some errors in ...

Step into the grandeur of the 111th grand ball, where Queen Bensel and her court dazzled amidst the sands of Egypt. A night ...

Framing History . The final Israeli hostage, Ran Gvili, has finally been returned for burial. For that, we must give thanks ...

Southwest Sinai held prized resources, especially copper and turquoise, that drew Egyptian expeditions from very early periods. In this interpretation, the violence isn’t random: it is propaganda, ...

Photo: Courtesy of the China-Egypt joint archaeological team. Including a newly discovered "sacred lake," several ...