
A single tooth and some DNA clues appear to have solved the mystery of the lost mummy of Hatshepsut, one of the great queens of ancient Egypt, who reigned in the 15th century B.C. Archaeologists who conducted the research, to be announced formally today in Cairo, said this was the first mummy of an Egyptian ruler to be found and ''positively...

The Egyptian authorities have evicted hundreds of peasants from this village in southern Egypt because their mud brick houses, which have sat atop some of the world's most treasured and ancient tombs for centuries, were leaking sewage onto priceless antiquities. The families have been resettled nearby in an Egyptian version of Levittown with...
Luxor er en by i Egypten med omkring 150.000 indbyggere. Byen bliver ofte kaldt "verdens største frilandsmuseum" pga. ruinerne af tempelkomplekset ved Karnak, Luxortemplet og Kongernes dal. Luxor er en populær turistdestination. Byen ligger på stedet, hvor den antikke by Theben lå.