Ancient Egypt

The tomb of Pharaoh Djoser, built at Saqqara

General ancient history

Timeline: the evolution of ancient empires

18th-century painting

Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony: how the last pharaoh’s love affairs shaped Ancient Egypt’s fate

Mural of the battle of Actium from 1600

Actium, 31 BC: the beginning of the end for Mark Antony and Cleopatra

Colourised print of the Lighthouse of Alexandria as imagined in the 18th century

General ancient history

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: what were they, and what happened to them?

Carved wall scene depicting Cleopatra at Dendera Temple

Cleopatra: what is the real legacy of the last pharaoh?

York Minster's rose window features 16th-century Tudor Roses white on red (left) and Lancastrian Roses, red

A brief history of the English rose

Tutankhamun’s golden funeral mask

8 things you (probably) didn’t know about Tutankhamun

(Photo by Michele Falzone via Getty Images)

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about ancient Egypt

HistoryExtra’s top 15 most listened to podcast episodes

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

Engraving of the death of Cleopatra

When did Queen Cleopatra die and who killed her?

Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh presented by Viking Cruises opens at the Saatchi Gallery on 2 November. Tickets on-sale now, please visit: www.tutankhamun-london.com

6 podcasts about ancient Egypt to listen to right now

Sunset at the Chephren Pyramid, Giza, Egypt

Searching for the pharaohs: where are the tombs of Ancient Egypt’s missing kings and queens?

An open Bible on an altar

General ancient history

A history of the Bible: who wrote it and when?

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Issue 23 of BBC World Histories is out now