Explores the Nile River Valley between 1850 and 1930, at a time that saw the birth of Egyptology as a science and the flowering of photography.

Ancient Egyptian history, including the various dynasties and their pharaohs, religious and funerary beliefs, gods, temples, tombs and photos.

Maynard Owen Williams describes the opening of the tomb of King Tutankhamen for National Geographic in this online version of the famous first article from 1923.

The discoveries of ancient Egypt as recorded on maps, prints, stereocards, postcards and bookcovers, and their influence on design from the 18th century to the present.