Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt Nefertiti was an ancient Egyptian queen consort who was likely King Tut's stepmother and may have ...

The discoveries of an archaeological team in Egypt are fueling speculation that a woman could have been one of the first pharaohs of the ancient kingdom. A team in Abydos, which is an area along the ...

~ Hatshepsut ruled for 20 years in the 15th century B.C., dressing like a man and wearing a fake beard. CAIRO, Egypt -- The long-overlooked mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes ...

Scientists have discovered sealed jars of wine from 5,000 years ago in an Egyptian queen's tomb. The find, one of the oldest ever, was among the "grave goods" for Queen Meret-Neith in Abydos, from ...

Review of an exhibition of objects and jewelry from the reign of Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled as a king in ancient Egypt along with her nephew Thutmose III. Jewelry included a strand of gold and ...