Even those who know little of ancient Egypt’s mysteries have ... of the region’s governors who ruled during Egypt’s Middle Kingdom were laid to rest inside elaborately decorated tombs.

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom ... grew in power just as Egypt’s Middle Kingdom was in decline around ...

One of the coffins unearthed from the Middle Egyptian necropolis of Dayr al-Barsha revealed the oldest map of the underworld ... of Leuven in Belgium. In ancient Egypt, rebirth was associated ...