Ancient World
Harem Conspiracy: The Plot to Murder Ramesses III
Ramesses III was killed, but the plot failed; Ramesses IV took the throne and the conspirators were tried and punished.
Region
Africa
Ancient World
Kingdom of Kush: Nubia's Great African Empire on the Nile
Kush became the longest-lived state of ancient Nubia, ruled Egypt for about a century and developed its own script and culture at Meroë before declining in the 4th century AD.
Ancient World
Royal Tombs of Tanis: Pierre Montet's Silver Coffin Treasures
Montet found several royal tombs, three with intact burials, whose treasures are now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
Ancient World
Bantu Expansion: The Great Migration Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Bantu languages, farming and ironworking spread across most of Africa south of the equator, shaping the population and cultures of the region to this day.
Ancient World
Royal Mummy Cache of Deir el-Bahari (TT320) and Its Discovery
More than 50 royal and elite mummies, including Seti I, Ramesses II and Ramesses III, were recovered and taken to Cairo.
Ancient World
Shoshenq I's Campaign in Canaan (c. 925 BC) and the Bible
Egyptian raid through Canaan that damaged many towns and is widely linked with the biblical account of Shishak's attack on Jerusalem.
Ancient World
Founding of Carthage: Phoenician Tyre's Colony in North Africa
Tyrian settlers founded Qart-hadasht, the 'New City', which grew into the leading Phoenician power of the western Mediterranean until its destruction by Rome in 146 BC.
Ancient World
Tophet of Carthage: Child Burials and a Long Scholarly Debate
The sanctuary was used for about six centuries until Rome destroyed Carthage; most scholars now think at least some of its burials were sacrifices, though the question is still debated.
Ancient World
Piye's Conquest of Egypt: Kush Founds the 25th Dynasty
The Egyptian rulers submitted to Piye, beginning Kushite rule over Egypt known as the 25th Dynasty, though lasting control came only under his successor Shabaka.
Ancient World
Great Temple of Yeha: Ethiopia's Oldest Standing Building
The temple survives with walls still about 14 metres high and is the best-preserved monument of the pre-Aksumite D'mt kingdom and its links with Saba.
Ancient World
Taharqa: The Kushite Pharaoh Who Faced the Assyrian Empire
Taharqa's long reign was a high point of Kushite rule in Egypt, but Assyrian invasions drove him from Lower Egypt and Kushite control ended soon after his death.
Ancient World
Esarhaddon's Conquest of Egypt (671 BC): Assyria on the Nile
Assyria captured Memphis and drove Taharqa south, but its hold on Egypt proved short-lived and ended within about 15 years.