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Statue of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten

Akhenaten, the 'heretic' pharaoh who brought a new religion to ancient Egypt

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Video podcastAlexandria: the first modern city.

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Alexander the Great is shown founding Alexandria in an 18th-century painting.

Alexandria: the ancient world's greatest city.

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Alexandria: the first modern city.

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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: everything you wanted to know.

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Ancient Egyptian pyramids: everything you wanted to know.

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Life of the weekNefertiti.

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Great Reputations: Cleopatra.

Did Ramesses II really have a passport?

Q&ADid Ramesses II really have a passport?

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Ancient Egyptian religion: everything you wanted to know.

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Ramesses II: the greatest pharaoh?.

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The head and upper body of a monumental statue of Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, which has been exhibited at the British Museum, London, since the 19th century (Photo by World History Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

Was Ramesses II the greatest pharaoh of ancient Egypt?.

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Ramesses II: Egypt’s greatest pharaoh?.

A depiction of Queen Cleopatra, c50 BC

Who was Cleopatra? Her life, her love affairs and her children, plus 6 little-known facts

Composite image of depictions of Queen Cleopatra

The face of Cleopatra: what did she look like, and was she really so beautiful?

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TutankhamunLife, Death, Legacy.

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The solid gold death mask of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, now held in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (Photo by Fayed El-Geziry/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

TutankhamunThe Egyptian boy who really discovered the Boy King.

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Cleopatra’s triumphant daughter.

Emblema of Cleopatra Selene

Cleopatra's daughter: the tragic inheritance to triumphant reign of Cleopatra Selene

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Conspiracy: did aliens build the pyramids?.

The dark side of ancient Egypt

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Tomb raider: the great Giovanni Belzoni.

Statue of Ramesses II, at Luxor Temple. He ruled Egypt for 66 years, and left more statues than any other pharaoh (Photo by Michelle McMahon / Getty Images)

5 of the most powerful pharaohs to rule ancient Egypt

Theban mural showing people plucking geese. (Photo by DEA / G Dagli Orti/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Life in Ancient Egypt: what was it like?

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How is Tutankhamun’s legacy shaped by colonialism?.

A copy of a wall painting shows Sety I (r1294-1279 BC) opening the door for Osiris, lord of the dead

Egyptian pharaohs: your essential guide to Egypt’s ancient rulers

A carving of Tutankhamun and his young wife Ankhesenamun

The forgotten women in Tutankhamun’s tomb

Egyptologist Howard Carter crouches near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun's remains

Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun: was the tomb really cursed?