Imagine a snake — coiled, elusive, and steeped in meaning — emerging from the depth of the world's cultural history to leave its mark on human imagination. Perhaps it's the rearing cobra, poised on ...

Nefertiti was the wife of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten ... He also had a tall headdress called the Atef crown and carried the flail and the crook, symbols associated with royalty and often ...

which they believe served as a retreat for the Egyptian pharaoh King Thutmose III during Egypt’s 18th dynasty. The archaeologists found the house during a recent development project.