Statues of the goddess Sekhmet (left)—730 of them ... across Western Asia and deep into Africa—thanks in part to Egypt's many gold mines. "Gold in your country is dirt; one simply gathers ...

A goddess as a child, a queen at 18, at the height of her power she controlled virtually the entire eastern Mediterranean coast, the last great kingdom of any Egyptian ruler. For a fleeting moment ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 2,600-year-old pot containing gold ... the Egyptian Archaeology Sector. The triple statuette depicted the chief god of Thebes, Amun, his wife and mother goddess ...