Ancient Egypt

Incised block (talatat) from an Amarna temple, Queen Nefertiti offering a bouquet to Aten. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. 18th dynasty c 1352 1336 BC. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

Top 10… Female Pharoahs

How many people have died because of the curse of Tutankhamun?

How many people have died because of the curse of Tutankhamun?

Where is Nefertiti's mummy? © Getty Images

Where is Nefertiti’s mummy?

How many Cleopatras ruled Ancient Egypt? © Wikimedia Commons

How many Cleopatras ruled Ancient Egypt?

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How the Sphinx lost its nose

Howard Carter (1873-1939) egyptologue anglais pres du sarcophage en or massif du pharaon Toutankhamon (momie) en Egypte (Vallee des Rois) en 1922 (photo Harry Burton) --- Howard Carter (1873-1939) english egyptologist near golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamon (mummy) in Egypt in 1922 (photo Harry Burton)

Five facts about Tutankhamun’s mummy

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General history

How long have people used prosthetic limbs?

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Who was Egypt’s most successful pharaoh?

When was the first strike? © Getty Images

When was the first strike?

Five facts about… the curse of Tutankhamun’s tomb © Getty Images

Five facts about… the curse of Tutankhamun’s tomb

Eight weird things that have happened in July through history © Getty Images

General history

Eight weird things that have happened in July through history

In a nutshell: Rosetta Stone © Getty Images

In a nutshell: Rosetta Stone

Top five… history’s greatest cities © Getty Images

General history

Top five… history’s greatest cities

Why we say: ‘crocodile tears’ © Getty Images

Why we say: ‘crocodile tears’