Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. Cara began her career on the crime beat at Newsday. She has written for Marie Claire, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She reports on ...

The Australian Museum in Sydney recently concluded its enormously successful run of the "Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs" exhibition, held from 17 November 2003 to 19 May 2024. “The exhibition, at ...

Ramses II faced deep personal loss with the deaths of his eldest sons, Prince Ramses and Khaemwaset. Prince Ramses was buried in the Valley of the Kings, while Khaemwaset, revered as a high priest and ...

Pharaoh during Egypt's golden age, King Ramses II built more monuments and sired more children than any other Egyptian king. A limestone relief depicts Ramses II smiting his enemies. Photograph ...

In the year 1155 BC, members of an Egyptian pharaoh’s harem hatched a plot to assassinate him. But did they succeed? The “harem conspiracy” against Ramses III remains one of ancient Egypt’s scandalous ...