Ancient Egypt

Tourists at the Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza in 1923

Who was ancient Egypt’s most successful pharaoh?

This statue of Arsinoe II identified her with the goddess Isis – thanks, in part, to the so-called ‘Isis knot’ on her right shoulder – so exploiting Egyptian tradition to strengthen her image (© Getty)

The female ‘kings’ of ancient Egypt

Photo of a crocodile

Q&A Why do we say 'crocodile tears'?

Antony and Cleopatra meet for the first time

What if... Antony and Cleopatra had won the battle of Actium?

A bust of Queen Nefertiti of Ancient Egypt. (Photo by Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images)

Your guide to Egypt’s sun queen Nefertiti

Tutankhamun death mask

Tutankhamun quiz: do you know all the boy king’s secrets?

Cleopatra bust. (Photo by Getty Images)

Cleopatra: unpicking myth from reality

Josephine Baker with her adopted children. She called them the ‘Rainbow Tribe’. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Memorable mothers: history’s most remarkable mums

Toby Wilkinson gives a lecture on the archaeologists and adventurers whose discoveries helped transform our understanding of the ancient Egyptians

Adventure and archaeology in the golden age of Egyptology

Egyptologist Aidan Dodson explores the life, death and afterlife of ancient Egypt’s sun queen. (Image by Getty Images)

Nefertiti: wife, mother, pharaoh

Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley responds to listener questions about everyday life in ancient Egypt, from governance to dental care and cat mummies. (Image by Getty Images)

Daily life in ancient Egypt: everything you wanted to know

Illustration of a mummy with mask

How to make an Egyptian mummy in 6 steps

Chris Naunton at BBC History Weekend

Looking for Egypt’s lost tombs

Chess players in the 14th century

General ancient history

Ancient board games: which ones did people play for fun in the past?

Cleopatra's face on a coin

The face of Cleopatra: was she really so beautiful?