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Ancient Egypt

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

Alexandria: the ancient world's greatest city.

Alexandria: the first modern city.

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

Ancient Egyptian pyramids: everything you wanted to know.

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?

Ancient Egyptian religion: everything you wanted to know.

Ramesses II: the greatest pharaoh?.

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?.

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?

TutankhamunLife, Death, Legacy.

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.

Cleopatra’s triumphant daughter.

Emblema of Cleopatra Selene

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

Conspiracy: did aliens build the pyramids?.

The dark side of ancient Egypt

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?

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?

Ramesses I

TimelineThe age of the pharaohs

Tutankhamun’s golden funeral mask

Your guide to Tutankhamun, plus 8 fascinating facts

Ancient Egyptian papyrus showing cursive hieroglyphs

HieroglyphsYour guide to the mysterious script of the ancient Egyptians