Featured Articles
Digging up Egypt's Treasures
The ten most significant discoveries in the past 20 years
Monumental Shift
Tackling an ages-old puzzle, a French architect offers a new theory on how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid at Giza
Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple
Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago
Egypt in the Smithsonian Archives
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Who Was Cleopatra?
Mythology, propaganda, Liz Taylor and the real Queen of the Nile
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The Queen Who Would Be King
Mummy dearest? Recent scholarship is changing thinking about female pharaoh Hatshepsut, whom Egyptologists once called "the vilest type of usurper."
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A Mystery Fit For A Pharaoh
The first tomb to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut's is raising new questions for archaeologists about ancient Egypt's burial practices.
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King Tut: The Pharaoh Returns!
An exhibition featuring the first CT scans of the boy king's mummy tells us more about Tutankhamun than ever before
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Interviews
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Romancing the StoneAn Egyptologist explains the Rosetta stone's lasting allure |
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Symbolically SpeakingA Q&A with hieroglyphs expert Janice Kamrin |