Sheba pet food is searching for a domestic cat in the U.S. with links to the feline nobility of ancient Egypt with help from ...

Tutankhamun took the throne around 1332 BCE, likely at the age of eight or nine, during a time of major social and religious ...

Although Christians and Muslims joined in protests against Mubarak, shown here in Cairo's Tahrir Square this past February, violence against the Copts escalated soon after the regime fell.

Egyptian Ethnic Identity Development in Anti-Chalcedonian Coptic LiteratureVince L. Bantu, Ph.D.Director: Janet Timbie, Ph.D.The rapid increase of rhetorical and thematic elements in Coptic literature ...

In the aftermath of President Mohammed Morsi’s overthrow earlier this summer, Egypt’s Coptic Church has faced an onslaught of persecution. Pro-Morsi supporters vented their anger by burning ...

Egypt’s new anti-discrimination law — hastily announced by the transitional government in the wake of an international outcry over the October 9 killing of 27 mostly Coptic protestors in Cairo’s ...

One of the oldest known cases of the 'Black Death' plague has been uncovered in the ancient DNA of a 3,290-year-old Egyptian mummy. Technically known as the virus Yersinia pestis, the bubonic ...